14. In Springfield, Massachusetts, people drive their cars to a state inspection center for annual safety and
Question:
14. In Springfield, Massachusetts, people drive their cars to a state inspection center for annual safety and emission certification at a Poisson rate of λ. For n ≥ 0, if there are n cars at the center either being inspected or waiting to be inspected, the probability is 1/(n+1) that an additional driver will join the queue.Hence the probability is n/(n+1)
that he or she will not join the queue and will leave. Suppose that inspection times are independent and identically distributed exponential random variables with mean 1/μ
and they are independent of the arrival process. For n ≥ 0, find the probability that in the long run, at a random time, there are n cars at the center either being inspected or waiting to be inspected.
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Fundamentals Of Probability With Stochastic Processes
ISBN: 9780429856273
4th Edition
Authors: Saeed Ghahramani