Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 13, Problem 52AP
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Interpretation: Probability that the lights would burn from the beginning of Christmas Eve (Dec24) to end of New Year's Day (Jan 1) without failure
Concept Introduction: Poisson distribution is the probability distribution of discrete random variable series in which frequency of outcomes is calculated in a given period of time.
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