Geometrical Probability

9/28/98


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Geometrical Probability

A Geometrical Probability Interpretation of PDF’s

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The Square Root Law

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Coverage

Coverage: A Type of 0 - 1 Performance Model

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Given that the ambulances are distributed in some probabilisitc manner, we want to compute E[?(X) ]

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Solution:

3) Define a set indicator R.V. S(x) = 1 if x is covered; 0 otherwise

Generalization

Spatial Poisson Processes

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The Effect of Discreet Streets and One-Way Streets

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Hands of Friendship Across the Ocean

Introducing:

A Famous Problem (Euler 1736)

Reduced to a Network

Author: Richard Larson

Email: rclarson@MIT.EDU

Home Page: http://curricula.mit.edu/~urban_or