In a video game with a time slot of fixed length T, signals are generated according to a Poisson process with rate λ, where T > 1/λ. During the time slot you can push a button only once. You win if at least one signal occurs in the time slot and you push the button at the occurrence of the last signal. Your strategy is to let pass a fixed time s with 0 < s < T and push the button upon the first occurrence of a signal (if any) after time s. What is your probability of winning the game? What value of s maximizes this probability?

In a video game with a time slot of fixed length T, signals are generated according to a Poisson process with rate λ, where T > 1/λ. During the time slot you can push a button only once. You win if at least one signal occurs in the time slot and you push the button at the occurrence of the last signal. Your strategy is to let pass a fixed time s with 0 < s < T and push the button upon the first occurrence of a signal (if any) after time s. What is your probability of winning the game? What value of s maximizes this probability?

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