I
know and understand the differences between continuous and discrete
distributions…I was hinting at a Poisson processes and inter-arrival
times being exponential and that relationship to the Erlang. Just some of
the material that I have been knee-deep as of late. Sorry about any
confusion (glad I didn’t go with my first inclination to mention Gamma
distributions too). J
Here
are a couple of googled links that describe this relationship…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_distribution
http://galprop.stanford.edu/elibrary/icrc/2003/proceedings/FILES/PDF/54.pdf
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From: Daniel Murphy
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Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:14 PM
To: Overstreet, Jason
Cc: Robert A LaBudde; Jewel Bright; s-news@lists.biostat.wustl.edu
Subject: Re: [S] Related to Poisson
Exponential and erlang are
continuous distributions. Since A is a fixed scalar, Jewel described a
discrete, countable distribution with mass amounts at 0, A, 2A, 3A, etc. equal
to the probabilities of a poisson rv at 0, 1, 2, etc.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Overstreet, Jason <joverstreet@hotwater.com> wrote:
I smell some exponential and Erlang
distributions lurking here….
It is the scale factor that causes the
probability distribution of X to not be Pois(lambda). The calculation is
trivial. But I believe the original poster was searching for a name, and
"Poisson", in the strictest sense, is not it.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Robert A LaBudde <ral@lcfltd.com> wrote:
Suppose X = A*N, where A is a scalar constant and N ~ Pois(lambda).
Then P[X = x] = P[N = x/A] ~ Pois(lambda).
I.e., X has the same probability mass distribution as N, except for a scale
factor of A on the assumed values.
I think you are thinking this problem is complex, when, in fact, it is trivial.
At 07:41 AM 5/12/2009, Jewel Bright wrote:
Folks:
I have a seemingly simple question, but cannot resolve it (at least without
much of thinking and digging.
Suppose that "n" is a Poisson random variable drawn from the
distribution with Poisson lambda "lambda". What is the distribution
of the random variable A*n, where A is an arbitrary real number?
Please, note, I am not asking how to generate this random variable, I still
remember how to multiply a set of numbers by a constant. I am asking about
analytical form of this distribution, and about how to derive the distribution
function (or density) in their analytical form.
A standard approach through the characteristic functions did not bring
immediate success. I am sure there there are a lot of smart people in the list
who would consider this problem very simple. Please, help.
Thanks in advance.
Jewel
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