I am trying to evaluate a sum consisting of a possion distribution, multiplied by a binomial distribution. I already know by the power of maple that
∞∑n=k(λ⋅s)nn!e−λs(nn−k)pn−k(1−p)k=(sλ)ke−sλk!(1−p)kesλp
Where the answer also could be written as Pr(sλ)(1−p)kesλp.
My guess is that I have to split the sum into [k,∞)=[0,∞)−[0,k−1].
Also the sum reminds me of one of the definitions of e, and the binomial formula
ex=∑kxkk! ,(x+y)n=∑k(nk)xn−kyk
Where both sums goes from 0 to ∞. However I am not quite able to see how to use this to evalutate the sum. Any help or advice is greatly appreaciated.
For the curious I am trying to solve 6b from here, it should be
P(Y=k)=∞∑n=kP(Y=k∩N=n)=(sλ)ke−sλk!(1−p)kesλp
Answer
Factoring the term (λs)ke−λs1k!(1−p)k which is independent of n, one is left with the series
(λs)ke−λs1k!(1−p)k⋅∑n⩾
You might want to finish, identifying the last sum...
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