<s>
In	O
probability	O
theory	O
,	O
the	O
Chinese	B-General_Concept
restaurant	I-General_Concept
process	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
discrete-time	O
stochastic	O
process	O
,	O
analogous	O
to	O
seating	O
customers	O
at	O
tables	O
in	O
a	O
restaurant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chinese	B-General_Concept
restaurant	I-General_Concept
process	I-General_Concept
takes	O
values	O
in	O
the	O
infinite	O
Cartesian	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chinese	O
restaurant	O
table	O
distribution	O
(	O
CRT	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
probability	O
distribution	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
tables	O
in	O
the	O
Chinese	B-General_Concept
restaurant	I-General_Concept
process	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chinese	B-General_Concept
restaurant	I-General_Concept
process	I-General_Concept
is	O
closely	O
connected	O
to	O
Dirichlet	O
processes	O
and	O
Pólya	O
's	O
urn	O
scheme	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
useful	O
in	O
applications	O
of	O
Bayesian	O
statistics	O
including	O
nonparametric	B-General_Concept
Bayesian	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Generalized	O
Chinese	B-General_Concept
Restaurant	I-General_Concept
Process	I-General_Concept
is	O
closely	O
related	O
to	O
Pitman	B-General_Concept
–	I-General_Concept
Yor	I-General_Concept
process	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
