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Classification of urn models with multiple drawings

Probability 2016-12-14 v1

Abstract

We consider multicolor urn models with multiple drawings. An urn model is called linear if the conditional expected value of the urn composition at time nn is a linear function of the composition at time n1n-1. For four different sampling schemes - ordered and unordered samples with or without replacement - we classify urns into linear and non-linear models. We also discuss representations of the expected value and the covariance for linear models.

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@article{arxiv.1612.04354,
  title  = {Classification of urn models with multiple drawings},
  author = {Markus Kuba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.04354},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

13 pages. This is a preliminary version. Comments welcome!

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