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Sharp bounds for winning probabilities in the competitive rank selection problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

F. Thomas Bruss  and
Guy Louchard
F. Thomas Bruss
Affiliation:
Département de Mathématiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 210, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. Email address: tbruss@ulb.ac.be
Guy Louchard
Affiliation:
Département d'Informatique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 212, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 1007 - 1011
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1998 

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