Bartlett's Theorem

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A Bartlett's Theorem establishes a Poisson distribution for a given number of customers arriving at fixed time in given part of the system.



References

2016

  • (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bartlett%27s_theorem Retrieved 2016-08-07
    • In queueing theory, Bartlett's theorem gives the distribution of the number of customers in a given part of a system at a fixed time.

      Theorem

      Suppose that customers arrive according to a non-stationary Poisson process with rate A(t), and that subsequently they move independently around a system of nodes. Write E for some particular part of the system and p(s,t) the probability that a customer who arrives at time s is in E at time t. Then the number of customers in E at time t has a Poisson distribution with mean

[math]\displaystyle{ \mu(t) = \int_{-\infty}^t A(s) p(s,t) \, \mathrm{d}t. }[/math]