The optimal scheduling of preventive maintenance tests of some (but not all) of n independently operating components was developed in Reliability Engineering and System Safety (January 2006). The time (in hours) between failures of a component was approximated by an exponential distribution with mean θ. Suppose θ = 1000 hours. Given that the time between failures is at least 1,500 hours, what is the probability that the time between failures is less than 2,000 hours?

The optimal scheduling of preventive maintenance tests of some (but not all) of n independently operating components was developed in Reliability Engineering and System Safety (January 2006). The time (in hours) between failures of a component was approximated by an exponential distribution with mean θ. Suppose θ = 1000 hours. Given that the time between failures is at least 1,500 hours, what is the probability that the time between failures is less than 2,000 hours?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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