Some Asymptotic Results for Occupancy Problems

Abstract

Consider a situation in which balls are falling into N cells with arbitrary probabilities. Limit distributions for the number of empty cells are considered when N nears infinity and the number of balls n nears infinity so that n/N nears infinity. Limit distributions for the number of balls to achieve exactly b empty cells are obtained when N nears infinity for b fixed or b near infinity so that b/N nears 0.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA027885

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  • Lars Holst

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  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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