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Order statistics and the Pólya urn process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Herbert Robbins  and
John Whitehead
Herbert Robbins
Affiliation:
Columbia University
John Whitehead
Affiliation:
Chelsea College, London
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I. Invited Review and Research Papers
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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1977 , pp. 205 - 206
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1977 

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