Persi Diaconis

Stanford Medicine — United States

Mathematics · Physical Sciences

74h-index27.0kcitations407works0.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods(91), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics(83), Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models(80), Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics(69), Random Matrices and Applications(46)

Publications407 total

A curiously slowly mixing Markov chain
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Markov chains on Weyl groups from the geometry of the flag variety
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Permuton and local limits for the Luce model
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Random sampling of contingency tables and partitions: Two practical examples of the Burnside process
Statistics and Computing·2025Open Access
Counting the number of group orbits by marrying the Burnside process with importance sampling
Advances in Applied Mathematics·2025· 2 cited
Estimating the size of a set using cascading exclusion
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Probabilizing semigroups???
Semigroup Forum·2025
Poisson approximation for large permutation groups
Advances in Applied Mathematics·2025· 2 cited
Counting the number of group orbits by marrying the Burnside process with importance sampling
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
An algorithm for uniform generation of unlabeled trees (Pólya trees), with an extension of Cayley's formula
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Poisson approximation for large permutation groups
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
A Vershik-Kerov theorem for wreath products
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Enumerative theory for the Tsetlin library
Journal of Algebra·2023
Enumerative Theory for the Tsetlin Library
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
On a Markov construction of couplings
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Sequential importance sampling for estimating expectations over the space of perfect matchings
The Annals of Applied Probability·2023· 2 cited
The Mathematics of Shuffling Cards
American Mathematical Society eBooks·2023· 7 cited
Isomorphisms between random graphs
Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B·2023· 2 cited
Double coset Markov chains
Forum of Mathematics Sigma·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
In Praise (and Search) of J. V. Uspensky
Statistical Science·2022· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

David Aldous(5), David A. Freedman(4), Laurent Saloff‐Coste(3), Susan Holmes(3), Bradley Efron(2), Stephen Boyd(2), Ron Graham(2), Mehrdad Shahshahani(2), Darcy A. Freedman(2), Daniel W. Stroock(1), Lin Xiao(1), Donald Ylvisaker(1), Bernd Sturmfels(1), David H. Freedman(1), Dave Bayer(1), S. L. Zabell(1), Joseph K. Blitzstein(1), Svante Janson(1), Radford M. Neal(1), James Allen Fill(1)