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July, 1992 Binomial Mixtures and Finite Exchangeability
G. R. Wood
Ann. Probab. 20(3): 1167-1173 (July, 1992). DOI: 10.1214/aop/1176989684

Abstract

We answer two questions: "What is the probability that a randomly chosen distribution function on $\{0,1,\ldots, n\}$ is a mixture of binomial distributions?" and "What is the probability that an $n$-exchangeable sequence is the initial segment of an infinite exchangeable sequence?" Curiously, the answers are the same.

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G. R. Wood. "Binomial Mixtures and Finite Exchangeability." Ann. Probab. 20 (3) 1167 - 1173, July, 1992. https://doi.org/10.1214/aop/1176989684

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Published: July, 1992
First available in Project Euclid: 19 April 2007

zbMATH: 0759.60010
MathSciNet: MR1175255
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aop/1176989684

Subjects:
Primary: 60E05
Secondary: 60D05 , 60G09

Keywords: binomial , de Finetti , finite exchangeability , infinite exchangeability , mixture , moment curve , simplex , Volume

Rights: Copyright © 1992 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.20 • No. 3 • July, 1992
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