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Z, =X, - t. 2). Given this condition. ZI = XI-t. so P(ZI>x I N(t)=D) = P(XI>t+x I XI>t). From the memoryless property of XI. we then have P(ZI>X I N(t)=D) = P(XI>X) = exp[-Axl (4) Next consider the condition that there are n arrivals in (D. tl and the nth occurred at epoch So=t ~ t. The event {So=t. N(t)=n} is the same as the event {So="t. Xo+l>t-t}. 3 that the event {So="t. N(t)=n. ZI>X} is the same as {So="t. Xo+l>xH-t}. It follows that P(Z l>x X n+1>xH-t) I N(t)= n, S n=t ) = P(Sn=t. P(S - X t- ) n-t • n+1> t Since Xo+\ is independent of all earlier inter-arrival intervals.

Note that t is an arbitrarily selected constant here; it is not a random variable. Let Zt be the duration of the interval from t until the next arrival after t. First we find P(Z\>x I N(t)=O). ~Xl 0 r Z' t -. 2. , Z, =X, - t. 2). Given this condition. ZI = XI-t. so P(ZI>x I N(t)=D) = P(XI>t+x I XI>t). From the memoryless property of XI. we then have P(ZI>X I N(t)=D) = P(XI>X) = exp[-Axl (4) Next consider the condition that there are n arrivals in (D. tl and the nth occurred at epoch So=t ~ t. The event {So=t.

T3)' ... , N(tk_1> to} is a set of statistically independent random variables. A counting process with this property is said to have the independent increment property. DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS FOR So AND N(t): Recall from (1) that Sn is the sum of n lID random variables each with the density function f(x) = I. x], x2'O. Also recall that the density of the sum of two independent random variables can be found by convolving their densities, and thus the density of S2 can be found by convolving f(x) with itself, S3 by convolving the density of S2 with f(x), and so forth.

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