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Small parts in the Bernoulli sieve

Probability 2008-04-21 v1

Abstract

Sampling from a random discrete distribution induced by a `stick-breaking' process is considered. Under a moment condition, it is shown that the asymptotics of the sequence of occupancy numbers, and of the small-parts counts (singletons, doubletons, etc) can be read off from a limiting model involving a unit Poisson point process and a self-similar renewal process on the halfline.

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@article{arxiv.0804.3052,
  title  = {Small parts in the Bernoulli sieve},
  author = {Alexander Gnedin and Alex Iksanov and Uwe Roesler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.3052},
  year   = {2008}
}

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conference paper

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