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Peer reviewedSchilling, Mark F. – College Mathematics Journal, 1990
Developed are simple recursion formulas for generating the exact distribution of the longest run of heads, both for a fair coin and for a biased coin. Discusses the applications of runs-related phenomena such as molecular biology, Markov chains, geometric variables, and random variables. (YP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Simulation, Higher Education, Mathematical Applications
