Journal of Combinatorics

Volume 3 (2012)

Number 2

Limits of interval orders and semiorders

Pages: 163 – 183

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/JOC.2012.v3.n2.a2

Author

Svante Janson (Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University, Sweden)

Abstract

We study poset limits given by sequences of finite interval orders or, as a special case, finite semiorders. In the interval order case, we show that every such limit can be represented by a probability measure on the space of closed subintervals of [0, 1], and we define a subset of such measures that yield a unique representation. In the semiorder case, we similarly find unique representations by a class of distribution functions.

Published 28 September 2012