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A variant of the Ehrenfest model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

K. W. H. Van Beek and
A. J. Stam
K. W. H. Van Beek*
Affiliation:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
A. J. Stam*
Affiliation:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
*
∗ Postal address: Mathematisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit, Postbus 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
∗ Postal address: Mathematisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit, Postbus 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

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The Ehrenfest model is modified by drawing r balls at a time. The stationary distribution is the same as for r = 1.

Keywords

STATIONARY DISTRIBUTIONMARKOV CHAIN

Information

Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , December 1987, pp. 995 - 996
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1987 

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