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Interarrival time

An interarrival time is the elapsed interval between consecutive events in a specified event stream.

Choose the stream before computing gaps: all replacements in a fleet and replacements of a single device are different observations. The homogeneous Poisson model assumes independent, identically distributed exponential gaps; a mean gap alone does not establish that model. Event count per calendar window and gap duration are different variables.

Relations

related
rate-of-occurrence-of-failures, annual-replacement-rate, hazard-rate

Citations

  1. NIST e-Handbook 8.1.7.1: Homogeneous Poisson Process (accessed 2026-10-12)
  2. Hesela: Disk replacement rates are not disk lifetimes (accessed 2026-10-12)

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