On the distribution and expectation of success runs in nonhomogeneous Markov dependent trials

Statistical Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-128

  Eryilmaz, Serkan ^a  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bernoulli trials; Expected value; Markov chain; Success run

Indexed keywords

EID: 16344376620     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02762038     Document Type: Article

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