Waiting Time and Expected Waiting Time— Paradoxical Situations

American Statistician

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-133

  Hombas, V C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Generating function; Teaching; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031477256     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1997.10473945     Document Type: Article

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