Suppose the inter-arrival time of people using the elevator can be modeled as X ~ Exp(1/6) (in minutes). What is the distribution of the number of people waiting at an elevator in two minutes (since the last elevator left)? Hint: Let Tn be the time when the n-th person arrives at the elevator, and let N be the number of people waiting at time t, then P(N>=n) if and only P(Tn =n) and P(N>=n+1). The difference of the two gives you P(N=n)
Suppose the inter-arrival time of people using the elevator can be modeled as X ~ Exp(1/6) (in minutes). What is the distribution of the number of people waiting at an elevator in two minutes (since the last elevator left)? Hint: Let Tn be the time when the n-th person arrives at the elevator, and let N be the number of people waiting at time t, then P(N>=n) if and only P(Tn =n) and P(N>=n+1). The difference of the two gives you P(N=n)
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Suppose the inter-arrival time of people using the elevator can be modeled as X ~ Exp(1/6) (in minutes). What is the distribution of the number of people waiting at an elevator in two minutes (since the last elevator left)?
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Let Tn be the time when the n-th person arrives at the elevator, and
let N be the number of people waiting at time t, then
P(N>=n) if and only P(Tn =n) and P(N>=n+1). The difference of the two gives you P(N=n).
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