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apparently:
[(a/m)^(k-m)] * [(a^m)/m!] = (a^k)/[(m^m)*m!]
its part of a proof i need to learn for an exam on monday. i dont get it. surely it should be (a^k)/[(m^k-m)*m!] ?
That's what I get it to be too, eddie.
Unless we've both made the same mistake, which is unlikely, the equation is wrong.
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Yes i get that too, the equation's wrong.
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ok, well i dont know if anyone will be able to help with this but i hope so.
it in my class notes for finding the steady state probability distribution of an M/M/m/n queue (erlang loss)
with arrival rate lamda and service time mu, for the second part of the proof, when m < k < n
P(k) = [lamda/(mu*m)] * P(k-1)
substituting a = lamda/mu
P(k) = (a/m) * P(k-1)
since we know k >= m that gives
P(k) = (a/m)^(k-m) * P(m)
and P(m) = [ a^m / m! ] *P (0)
which in my notes gives
P(k) = P(0) * (a^k)/[m^m * m!]
so there is something wrong somewhere, either in the proof or the formula at the end that we were trying to derive.
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