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Homework 8

  1. Suppose $ \{X_t, t \geq 0\}$ is a homogeneous Poisson process with parameter $ \lambda$ . Define a random variable $ \tau$ as the time of the first occurrence of an event. Find the p.d.f. and the mean of $ \tau$ .
  2. Suppose { $ X_t, t \in \Rbb\}$ is a w.s.s. random process with autocorrelation function $ R_X(\tau)$ . Show that if $ R_X$ is continuous at $ \tau = 0$ then it is continuous for all $ \tau \in \Rbb$ . (Hint: Use the Schwartz inequality.)
  3. Under the conditions of problem 2, show that for $ a > 0$ 0$" align="middle" border="0" height="33" width="49" /> ,

    $\displaystyle P(\vert X_{t+\tau} - X_t\vert \geq a) \leq \frac{2(R_X(0) - R_x(\tau))}{a^2}. $

  4. Suppose $ A$ and $ B$ are random variables with $ E[A^2] < \infty$< \infty$" align="middle" border="0" height="38" width="96" /> and $ E[B^2] < \infty$< \infty$" align="middle" border="0" height="38" width="97" /> . Define the random processes $ \{X_t, t \in \Rbb\}$ and $ \{Y_t, t \in \Rbb\}$ by

    $\displaystyle X_t = A + Bt \qquad \qquad Y_t = B + At, \qquad t \in \Rbb. $

    Find the mean, autocorrelation, and cross correlations of these random processes in terms of the moments of $ A$ and $ B$ .
  5. Let $ p_k(t,s) = X_t - X_s$ , where $ X_t$ is a homoegenous Poisson counting process with rate $ \lambda$ . Show that the differential equation

    $\displaystyle \partiald{}{t} p_k(t,s) = \lambda[p_{k-1}(t,s) - p_k(t,s)] $

    is solved by

    $\displaystyle p_k(t,s) = \frac{e^{-\lambda(t-s)}(\lambda(t-s))^k}{k!} \qquad k=0,1,\ldots, \qquad t>s \geq 0. $s \geq 0. $" align="middle" border="0" height="68" width="497" />

  6. Let $ p_k(t,s) = X_t - X_s$ , where $ X_t$ is an inhomoegenous Poisson counting process with time-varyng rate $ \lambda_t$ . Show that the differential equation

    $\displaystyle \partiald{}{t} p_k(t,s) = \lambda_t[p_{k-1}(t,s) - p_k(t,s)] $

    is solved by

    $\displaystyle p_k(t,s) = \frac{e^{-\lambda\int_s^t \lambda_x dx}(\int_s^t \lambda_x\,dx)^k}{k!} \qquad k=0,1,\ldots, \qquad t>s \geq 0. $s \geq 0. $" align="middle" border="0" height="75" width="513" />


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