2.2. Explain in general terms why it might be plausible to assume that the following random variables
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2.2. Explain in general terms why it might be plausible to assume that the following random variables follow a Poisson distribution:
(a) The number of customers that enter a store in a fixed time period.
(b) The number of customers that enter a store and buy something in a fixed time period.
(c) The number of atomic particles in a radioactive mass that disintegrate in a fixed time period.
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An Introduction To Stochastic Modeling
ISBN: 9780126848878
3rd Edition
Authors: Samuel Karlin, Howard M. Taylor
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