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Description: A variable x is memoryless with respect to t if, for all s with t!=0, P(x>s+t|x>t)=P(x>s). (1) Equivalently, (P(x>s+t,x>t))/(P(x>t)) = P(x>s) (2) P(x>s+t) = P(x>s)P(x>t). (3) The exponential distribution satisfies P(x>t) = e^(-lambdat) (4) P(x>s+t) = e^(-lambda(s+t)), (5) and therefore P(x>s+t) = P(x>s)P(x>t) (6) = e^(-lambdas)e^(-lambdat) (7) = e^(-lambda(s+t)), (8) is the only memoryless random distribution. If s and t are...

Open Graph Description: A variable x is memoryless with respect to t if, for all s with t!=0, P(x>s+t|x>t)=P(x>s). (1) Equivalently, (P(x>s+t,x>t))/(P(x>t)) = P(x>s) (2) P(x>s+t) = P(x>s)P(x>t). (3) The exponential distribution satisfies P(x>t) = e^(-lambdat) (4) P(x>s+t) = e^(-lambda(s+t)), (5) and therefore P(x>s+t) = P(x>s)P(x>t) (6) = e^(-lambdas)e^(-lambdat) (7) = e^(-lambda(s+t)), (8) is the only memoryless random distribution. If s and t are...

X Description: A variable x is memoryless with respect to t if, for all s with t!=0, P(x>s+t|x>t)=P(x>s). (1) Equivalently, (P(x>s+t,x>t))/(P(x>t)) = P(x>s) (2) P(x>s+t) = P(x>s)P(x>t). (3) The exponential distribution satisfies P(x>t) = e^(-lambdat) (4) P(x>s+t) = e^(-lambda(s+t)), (5) and therefore P(x>s+t) = P(x>s)P(x>t) (6) = e^(-lambdas)e^(-lambdat) (7) = e^(-lambda(s+t)), (8) is the only memoryless random distribution. If s and t are...

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DC.DescriptionA variable x is memoryless with respect to t if, for all s with t!=0, P(x>s+t|x>t)=P(x>s). (1) Equivalently, (P(x>s+t,x>t))/(P(x>t)) = P(x>s) (2) P(x>s+t) = P(x>s)P(x>t). (3) The exponential distribution satisfies P(x>t) = e^(-lambdat) (4) P(x>s+t) = e^(-lambda(s+t)), (5) and therefore P(x>s+t) = P(x>s)P(x>t) (6) = e^(-lambdas)e^(-lambdat) (7) = e^(-lambda(s+t)), (8) is the only memoryless random distribution. If s and t are...
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