Note on a Matching Problem
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- 1 March 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institute of Mathematical Statistics in The Annals of Mathematical Statistics
- Vol. 10 (1) , 77-80
- https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177732249
Abstract
This paper discusses the distribution of the number of correct matchings in the situation in which 2 sequences are placed in correspondence when single elements are drawn from each of 2 infinite sources in turn. The distribution of the number of correct matchings will, in general, be that of a Poisson series and in special cases be binomial. The theory is illustrated by an expt. which yielded results in satisfactory agreement with it.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: