On the Number of Times where a simple Random Walk reaches its Maximum

Let Q, denote the number of times where a simple random walk reaches its maximum, where the random walk starts at the origin and returns to the origin after 2n steps. Such random walks play an important r6le in probability and statistics. In this paper the distribution and the moments of Q, are cons...

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Main Authors: Katzenbeisser, Walter, Panny, Wolfgang
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Department of Statistics and Mathematics, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business 1990
Online Access:http://epub.wu.ac.at/834/1/document.pdf