Analysis of casino shelf shuffling machines
Combinatorics
2013-07-24 v2 Probability
Abstract
Many casinos routinely use mechanical card shuffling machines. We were asked to evaluate a new product, a shelf shuffler. This leads to new probability, new combinatorics and to some practical advice which was adopted by the manufacturer. The interplay between theory, computing, and real-world application is developed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1107.2961,
title = {Analysis of casino shelf shuffling machines},
author = {Persi Diaconis and Jason Fulman and Susan Holmes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.2961},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/12-AAP884 the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)