DIXIE CUPS - SAMPLING WITH REPLACEMENT FROM A FINITE POPULATION

Authors
KLAASSEN CAJ
Citation
Caj. Klaassen, DIXIE CUPS - SAMPLING WITH REPLACEMENT FROM A FINITE POPULATION, Journal of Applied Probability, 31(4), 1994, pp. 940-948
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Journal of Applied Probability → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219002
Volume
31
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
940 - 948
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9002(1994)31:4<940:DC-SWR>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
At which (random) sample size will every population element have been drawn at least m times? This special coupon collector's problem is oft en referred to as the Dixie cup problem. Some asymptotic properties of the Dixie cup problem with unequal sampling probabilities are describ ed.