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15.3 Exercise 35

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The number N of noise bursts on a data transmission line in a period (0,t]\left(0 , t\right] is Poisson (μt)\left(\mu t\right). The number of digit errors caused by the ith burst is Yi, with the class {Yi:1≤i}\left\{Y_{i} : 1 \leq i\right\} iid, Yi-1∼Y_{i} - 1 \sim geometric (p)\left(p\right). An error correcting system is capable or correcting five or fewer errors in any burst. Suppose μ=12\mu = 12 and p=0.35p = 0 . 35. What is the probability of no uncorrected error in two hours of operation?

Pfeiffer, Applied Probability, 15.3 Problems on Random Selection, exercise 35

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