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inspection paradox: a standalone construct

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Probability

the result that the interval an observer arriving at a random time falls into tends to be longer than a typical interval of the process.

In probability, inspection paradox refers to the result that the interval an observer arriving at a random time falls into tends to be longer than a typical interval of the process. This meaning comes from Ross (2003) in Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences.[1]

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interval4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs observer4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs paradox3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Ross, S. M. (2003). The Inspection Paradox. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 17(1), 47-51. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0269964803171033

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