Some Applications of the Poisson Process

Kung-Kuen Tse

Department of Mathematics, Kean University, Union, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/am.2014.519288                

Abstract

The Poisson process is a stochastic process that models many real-world phenomena. We present the definition of the Poisson process and discuss some facts as well as some related probability distributions. Finally, we give some new applications of the process.

Keywords

Poisson Processes, Gamma Distribution, Inter-Arrival Time, Marked Poisson Processes

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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