Asymptotic normality for $\boldsymbol{m}$-dependent and constrained $\boldsymbol{U}$-statistics, with applications to pattern matching in random strings and permutations

We study (asymmetric) -statistics based on a stationary sequence of -dependent variables; moreover, we consider constrained -statistics, where the defining multiple sum only includes terms satisfying some restrictions on the gaps between indices. Resul…