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Simulation of the Matching Problem of Montmort

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Frans Schalekamp
Affiliation:
Department of Econometrics, Vrije University, 1081 HV Amsterdam

Abstract

This note presents an efficient algorithm for the simulation of the number of invariant positions in a random permutation of the integers 1,..., n. An application to the famous matching problem of Montmort is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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