Author:
ARCHIBALD MARGARET,KNOPFMACHER ARNOLD
Abstract
We consider samples of n geometric random variables with parameter 0 < p < 1, and study the largest missing value, that is, the highest value of such a random variable, less than the maximum, that does not appear in the sample. Asymptotic expressions for the mean and variance for this quantity are presented. We also consider samples with the property that the largest missing value and the largest value which does appear differ by exactly one, and call this the LMV property. We find the probability that a sample of n variables has the LMV property, as well as the mean for the average largest value in samples with this property. The simpler special case of p = 1/2 has previously been studied, and verifying that the results of the present paper coincide with those previously found for p = 1/2 leads to some interesting identities.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Computational Theory and Mathematics,Statistics and Probability,Theoretical Computer Science
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