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Heavy Hitters and Bernoulli Convolutions

Numerical Analysis 2019-05-29 v2 Machine Learning Probability Statistics Theory Machine Learning Statistics Theory

Abstract

A very simple event frequency approximation algorithm that is sensitive to event timeliness is suggested. The algorithm iteratively updates categorical click-distribution, producing (path of) a random walk on a standard nn-dimensional simplex. Under certain conditions, this random walk is self-similar and corresponds to a biased Bernoulli convolution. Algorithm evaluation naturally leads to estimation of moments of biased (finite and infinite) Bernoulli convolutions.

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@article{arxiv.1905.08930,
  title  = {Heavy Hitters and Bernoulli Convolutions},
  author = {Alexander Kushkuley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.08930},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

1) fixed some typos and a reference 2) expanded section 3

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