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poisson processes
Posted: January 19th, 2010, 6:01 pm
by sinem
hello;i have some questions but i can not find the results please help me .cars pass a certain tree on a quiet country road at an average rate of one every two minutes,what is the probability that exactly five cars paa the tree in 10 minutes,given that in the firs five of these minutes one car passes the tree?
poisson processes
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 1:21 am
by acastaldo
Did you know that "poisson" is just the French word for "fish"?
poisson processes
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 10:39 am
by sinem
i know,i need to use this one but i could not fix the number in it.
poisson processes
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 12:57 pm
by phubaba
seriously look up poisson process example on google. you will find something that will tell you how to set the lambda parameter to your desired rate of cars passing tress/minute.Good luck
poisson processes
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 2:08 pm
by acastaldo
It is always the same thingyou just have to plug in the arrival rate lambda and the number of events observed k.Bonne chance!