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Why balloons are better than balls (in urn schemes)

November 18, 2011 | BioStatMatt

The below is taken from a work in progress: The Polya urn is a heuristic associated with Dirichlet process mixtures. We present the scheme in a modified format, using balloons instead of balls, where the probability of drawing a balloon from the urn is proportional to its volume. Balloons are ... [Read more...]

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