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Direct consequences of the basic Ballot Theorem

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  • Lengyel, Tamás

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We use only the classic basic ballot result and simple combinatorial arguments to derive the distributions of the first passage time and the number of visits in the usual random walk model.

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  • Lengyel, Tamás, 2011. "Direct consequences of the basic Ballot Theorem," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 81(10), pages 1476-1481, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:81:y:2011:i:10:p:1476-1481
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    1. Czeslaw Stępniak, 2018. "On A Surprising Result Of Two-Candidate Election Forecast Based On The First Leadership Time," Statistics in Transition New Series, Polish Statistical Association, vol. 19(2), pages 351-357, June.
    2. Stepniak Czeslaw, 2018. "On A Surprising Result Of Two-Candidate Election Forecast Based On The First Leadership Time," Statistics in Transition New Series, Polish Statistical Association, vol. 19(2), pages 351-357, June.
    3. Stępniak, Czesław, 2015. "On distribution of the leadership time in counting votes and predicting winners," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 109-112.

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