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The average noise from a Poisson stream of vehicles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Per K. Andersen
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematical Statistics, University of Copenhagen
Søren Andersen
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematical Statistics, University of Copenhagen
Steffen L. Lauritzen
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematical Statistics, University of Copenhagen

Abstract

The distribution of the average noise power from a Poisson stream of vehicles is, properly normalised, shown to converge to a normal distribution although the corresponding stationary process is deterministic. The speed of convergence is estimated. Finally the asymptotic efficiency of a sampling procedure is discussed.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1977 

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