\'Album de figurinhas da Copa do Mundo: uma abordagem via cadeias de Markov

TL;DR

This paper uses Markov chains to analyze the probabilistic aspects of the 2014 FIFA World Cup sticker album, providing insights into the collection process.

Contribution

It introduces a Markov chain model to study the collection dynamics of World Cup stickers, offering a novel probabilistic approach.

Findings

Probabilistic estimates of sticker collection completion times

Insights into the likelihood of obtaining specific stickers

Model validation against collection data

Abstract

Using Markov chains, we present some probabilistic comments about the sticker album of 2014 Fifa World Cup.