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

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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.

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  • Zörnig, Peter, 2010. "Statistical simulation and the distribution of distances between identical elements in a random sequence," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 54(10), pages 2317-2327, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:csdana:v:54:y:2010:i:10:p:2317-2327
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