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A Note on Electrical Networks and the Inverse Gaussian Distribution

Part of:Probability theory on algebraic and topological structuresGeometric probability and stochastic geometryDistribution theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

O. E. Barndorff-Nielsen
O. E. Barndorff-Nielsen*
Affiliation:
Aarhus University
*
* Postal address: Department of Theoretical Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Abstract

When a random electrical network has the structure of a rooted tree and the edge resistances are either inverse Gaussian or reciprocal inverse Gaussian random variables then, subject to some restrictions, the overall resistance of the network is shown to follow a reciprocal inverse Gaussian distribution.

Keywords

RANDOM GRAPHROOTED TREEKIRCHHOFF'S LAWS

MSC classification

Primary:60B99: None of the above, but in this section
Secondary:60D05: Geometric probability and stochastic geometry62E99: None of the above, but in this section

Information

Type
Stochastic Geometry and Statistical Applications
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 1994, pp. 63 - 67
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1994 

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