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A Poisson limit theorem for weakly exchangeable events

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

G. K. Eagleson
G. K. Eagleson*
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University of Cambridge
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∗ Postal address: Statistical Laboratory, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB, U.K.
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Abstract

Let Y 1, Y2 , · ·· be a sequence of independent, identically distributed random variables, g some symmetric 0–1 function of m variables and set Silverman and Brown (1978) have shown that under certain conditions the statistic is asymptotically distributed as a Poisson random variable. They then use this result to derive limit distributions for various statistics, useful in the analysis of spatial data. In this paper, it is shown that Silverman and Brown's theorem holds under much weaker assumptions; assumptions which involve only the symmetry of the joint distributions of the X il…i m .

Keywords

LIMIT THEOREMPOISSON DISTRIBUTIONU-STATISTICSWEAKLY EXCHANGEABLE RANDOM VARIABLES

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 1979, pp. 794 - 802
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1979 

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