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A limit theorem for inter-record times

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

R. W. Shorrock*
Affiliation:
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Abstract

A limit theorem for inter-record times is obtained which seems to explain many of their known asymptotic properties. The process of inter-record times is shown to be approximately non-homogeneous Poisson.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1972 

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