THE STRUCTURE OF A MODEL / 305 CLASSIFICATIONS OF MODELS / 306 COMMON MODELING TECHNIQUES I 307 Flow (harts / 307 Graph or Network Models / 309 PERT Planning Method / 312 Linear Programming Models / 313 Queueing Models / 314 Arrival Process / 314 Queue Structure / 315 Service System / 315 Measures of Performance / 315 Simulation Models / 316 Case Study 1 : Emergency Service Simulation Model / 3...

We analyze a variant of the coupon collector’s problem, in which the probabilities of obtaining coupons and the numbers of coupons in a collection may be non-uniform. We obtain a finite expression for the generating function of the probabilities to complete a collection and show how this generalizes several previous results about the coupon collector’s problem. Also, we provide applications abo...