Large deviations associated with Poisson-Dirichlet distribution and Ewens sampling formula

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 1570-1595

  Feng, Shui ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dirichlet distribution; Ewens sampling formula; GEM representation; Large deviation; Poisson Dirichlet distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949136968     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/105051607000000230     Document Type: Article

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