Local limit theorems for finite and infinite urn models

Annals of Probability

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 992-1022

  Hwang, Hsien Kuei ^a,c   Janson, Svante ^b  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allocations; Local limit theorem; Occupancy problems; Random

Indexed keywords

EID: 51949100072     PISSN: 00911798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-AOP350     Document Type: Article

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