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Parallel probabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2020

Glyn George*
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s NL, Canada A1B 3X5 e-mail: glyn@mun.ca

Extract

After several years of teaching an introduction to probability and statistics for engineering degree students, my attention has been captured by some variations on the familiar general addition law of probability. Network analysis of components connected in parallel is one of many applications.

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Articles
Copyright
© Mathematical Association 2020

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