Coupons collecting with or without replacement, and with multipurpose coupons
Probability
2014-01-20 v3 Discrete Mathematics
Abstract
The classic Coupon-Collector Problem (CCP) is generalized to the extent that each coupons serves certain "purposes". Only basic probability theory is used. Centerpiece rather is an algorithm that efficiently counts all -element transversals of a set system.
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@article{arxiv.1107.1401,
title = {Coupons collecting with or without replacement, and with multipurpose coupons},
author = {Marcel Wild and Svante Janson and Stephan Wagner and Dirk Laurie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.1401},
year = {2014}
}