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exponential distribution

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noun

statistics a continuous single-parameter distribution used esp when making statements about the length of life of certain materials or waiting times between randomly occurring events. Its density function is p ( x ) = λe ^–λx for positive λ and nonnegative x , and it is a special case of the gamma distribution

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They found that regardless of turbulence or snowflake type, acceleration follows a universal statistical pattern that can be described as an exponential distribution.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

If the value of m for an exponential distribution is 10, what are the mean and standard deviation for the distribution?

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

Refer back to the postal clerk again where the time a postal clerk spends with his or her customer has an exponential distribution with a mean of four minutes.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

With the exponential distribution, this is not the case–the additional time spent waiting for the next customer does not depend on how much time has already elapsed since the last customer.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

In this chapter and the next, we will study the uniform distribution, the exponential distribution, and the normal distribution.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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