Cover Image

Statistical simulation and the distribution of distances between identical elements in a random sequence

We study the distributions of distances between identical elements of a random sequence (e.g. a sequence of coin tosses or die tosses). We provide methods to generate observations by means of a statistical simulation and show in particular that distributions of multiple distances obey a linear or geometric (mixture) probability model, respectively. The results are useful to discover certain structures in texts or other information strings.
Year of publication:
2010
Authors: Zörnig, Peter
Published in:
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-9473. - Vol. 54.2010, 10, p. 2317-2327
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Distribution of distances in sequences Statistical simulation MCMC Zipf's law Power laws Quantitative linguistics Burstiness
Online Resource
Check full text access |
Check Google Scholar
In libraries world-wide (WorldCat)
In German libraries (KVK)
subito order
I need help
Type of publication: Article
Source:
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462387
Similar items by person