The cutoff phenomenon for randomized riffle shuffles

被引:3
作者
Chen, Guan-Yu [2 ]
Saloff-Coste, Laurent [1 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Dept Math, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Natl Tsing Hua Univ, Natl Ctr Theoret Sci, Div Math, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
关键词
cutoff phenomenon; riffle shuffle;
D O I
10.1002/rsa.20195
中图分类号
TP31 [计算机软件];
学科分类号
081202 ; 0835 ;
摘要
We study the cutoff phenomenon for generalized riffle shuffles where, at each step, the deck of cards is cut into a random number of packs of multinomial sizes which are then riffled together. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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页码:346 / 374
页数:29
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