Collisions in Poisson Process
November 12, 2024
This is problem that you may encounter, and I found a simple way to calculate it. The result looks correct after comparing with the actual data. A website receives an average of 1000 requests per hour, and can only handle one at a time, taking 1 second. When a request arrives, if the previous one has not been completed, an error will occur. How many errors will occur on average in an hour?
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