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On the stochastic ordering of waiting times for patterns in sequences of random digits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Gunnar Blom
Gunnar Blom*
Affiliation:
University of Lund
*
∗Postal address: Department of Mathematical Statistics, University of Lund, Box 725, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden.
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Abstract

Random digits are collected one at a time until a pattern with given digits is obtained. Blom (1982) and others have determined the mean waiting time for such a pattern. It is proved that when a given pattern has larger mean waiting time than another pattern, then the waiting time for the former is stochastically larger than that for the latter. An application is given to a coin-tossing game.

Keywords

COIN-TOSSING GAMEGENERATING FUNCTIONLEADING NUMBERSLEADING QUANTITYOVERLAP
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 730 - 737
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1984 

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