A Sequential Search Distribution: Proofreading, Russian Roulette, and the Incomplete q-Eulerian Polynomials

The distribution for the number of searches needed to find k of n lost objects is expressed in terms of a refinement of the q-Eulerian polynomials, for which formulae are developed involving homogeneous symmetric polynomials. In the case when k=n and the find probability remains constant, relatively...

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Main Authors: Travis Herbranson, Don Rawlings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 2001-01-01
Series:Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
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Online Access:https://dmtcs.episciences.org/2281/pdf