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Order statistics and the Pólya urn process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Herbert Robbins
Affiliation:
Columbia University
John Whitehead
Affiliation:
Chelsea College, London

Abstract

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Type
I. Invited Review and Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1977 

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