Exchangeability and randomness for infinite and finite sequences

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Main Author: Vovk, Vladimir
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Published: 2025
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contents Randomness (in the sense of being generated in an IID fashion) and exchangeability are standard assumptions in nonparametric statistics and machine learning, and relations between them have been a popular topic of research. This short paper draws the reader's attention to the fact that, while for infinite sequences of observations the two assumptions are almost indistinguishable, the difference between them becomes very significant for finite sequences of a given length.
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spellingShingle Exchangeability and randomness for infinite and finite sequences
Vovk, Vladimir
Statistics Theory
Methodology
62G10 (Primary) 62A01, 68Q32 (Secondary)
Randomness (in the sense of being generated in an IID fashion) and exchangeability are standard assumptions in nonparametric statistics and machine learning, and relations between them have been a popular topic of research. This short paper draws the reader's attention to the fact that, while for infinite sequences of observations the two assumptions are almost indistinguishable, the difference between them becomes very significant for finite sequences of a given length.
title Exchangeability and randomness for infinite and finite sequences
topic Statistics Theory
Methodology
62G10 (Primary) 62A01, 68Q32 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.22162