Mixtures and limits of symmetric random integer partitions

Mauro Gasparini ()

METRON, 2012, vol. 70, issue 2, 207-217

Abstract: In problems of species counts, the interest is more on the number of different species and their relative abundance rather than on counts of representatives of specific species. This kind of problems originated in Genetics, where species are alleles of a gene, but are also common in other applied sciences. Ewens sampling formula is the first and most famous devoted probability distribution, obtained by a geneticist, in this area of research. From a statistical point of view, Ewens sampling formula is an example of distribution of a random integer partition, i.e. a random list of multiplicities m 1 , …,m n such that m 1 + 2m 2 + … nm n =n. In this paper, Ewens and other distributions of symmetric random integer partitions are obtained without reference to biological evolutionary models. Then, their mixtures and limits are studied, obtaining some interesting relationships and some new examples. Copyright Sapienza Università di Roma 2012

Keywords: Ewens sampling formula; Hierarchical Bayesian Models; Dirichlet integer partition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/BF03321976

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