Entropy and maximal spacings for random partitions

1978 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Slud
Keyword(s):  
Random Partitions

scholarly journals Gibbs partitions, Riemann–Liouville fractional operators, Mittag–Leffler functions, and fragmentations derived from stable subordinators

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-334
Author(s):  
Man-Wai Ho ◽  
Lancelot F. James ◽  
John W. Lau
Keyword(s):  
Special Functions ◽  
Dirichlet Distribution ◽  
Random Trees ◽  
Fractional Integrals ◽  
Biased Sampling ◽  
Scaling Limits ◽  
Fractional Operators ◽  
Random Partitions ◽  
Two Parameter ◽  
Potential Use

AbstractPitman (2003), and subsequently Gnedin and Pitman (2006), showed that a large class of random partitions of the integers derived from a stable subordinator of index $\alpha\in(0,1)$ have infinite Gibbs (product) structure as a characterizing feature. The most notable case are random partitions derived from the two-parameter Poisson–Dirichlet distribution, $\textrm{PD}(\alpha,\theta)$, whose corresponding $\alpha$-diversity/local time have generalized Mittag–Leffler distributions, denoted by $\textrm{ML}(\alpha,\theta)$. Our aim in this work is to provide indications on the utility of the wider class of Gibbs partitions as it relates to a study of Riemann–Liouville fractional integrals and size-biased sampling, and in decompositions of special functions, and its potential use in the understanding of various constructions of more exotic processes. We provide characterizations of general laws associated with nested families of $\textrm{PD}(\alpha,\theta)$ mass partitions that are constructed from fragmentation operations described in Dong et al. (2014). These operations are known to be related in distribution to various constructions of discrete random trees/graphs in [n], and their scaling limits. A centerpiece of our work is results related to Mittag–Leffler functions, which play a key role in fractional calculus and are otherwise Laplace transforms of the $\textrm{ML}(\alpha,\theta)$ variables. Notably, this leads to an interpretation within the context of $\textrm{PD}(\alpha,\theta)$ laws conditioned on Poisson point process counts over intervals of scaled lengths of the $\alpha$-diversity.

Random Partitions of Sets

1974 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 184-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. N. Sachkov
Keyword(s):  
Random Partitions

scholarly journals Constrained exchangeable partitions

2006 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AG,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Gnedin
Keyword(s):  
Central Limit Theorem ◽  
Limit Theorem ◽  
Central Limit ◽  
Random Partitions ◽  
Type Representation ◽  
International Audience ◽  
De Finetti ◽  
Infinite Set ◽  
Special Case

International audience For a class of random partitions of an infinite set a de Finetti-type representation is derived, and in one special case a central limit theorem for the number of blocks is shown.

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