Publisert 2016

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Publikasjonsdetaljer

Tidsskrift : SoftwareX , vol. 5 , p. 227–233 , 2016

Utgiver : Elsevier

Internasjonale standardnummer :
Trykt : 2352-7110
Elektronisk : 2352-7110

Publikasjonstype : Vitenskapelig artikkel

Bidragsytere : Liland, Kristian Hovde; Snipen, Lars-Gustav

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Kjetil Aune
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kjetil.aune@nofima.no

Sammendrag

When a series of Bernoulli trials occur within a fixed time frame or limited space, it is often interesting to assess if the successful outcomes have occurred completely at random, or if they tend to group together. One example, in genetics, is detecting grouping of genes within a genome. Approximations of the distribution of successes are possible, but they become inaccurate for small sample sizes. In this article, we describe the exact distribution of time between random, non-overlapping successes in discrete time of fixed length. A complete description of the probability mass function, the cumulative distribution function, mean, variance and recurrence relation is included. We propose an associated test for the over-representation of short distances and illustrate the methodology through relevant examples. The theory is implemented in an R package including probability mass, cumulative distribution, quantile function, random number generator, simulation functions, and functions for testing.