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On some distribution functions for non-linear switching elements with finite dead time

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The output distribution function of a non-linear switching element with a Poissonian sequence of impulses at the input is calculated by a straightforward method. The dead time of the element is taken into account. Some limiting properties of this distribution and its mean value are studied.

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  1. Centro di Cibernetica del C.N.R.-Istituto die Fisica Teorica, Napoli

    L. M. Ricciardi

  2. Istituto di Fisica Teorica, Napoli

    F. Esposito

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The present research has been sponsored in part by the Air Force Avionics Lab., Research and Technology Div., Wright-Patterson Air Force, Air Force System Command — U.S.A.F. — Government of United States of America, Contract no. AF 33(615)-2786.

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Ricciardi, L.M., Esposito, F. On some distribution functions for non-linear switching elements with finite dead time. Kybernetik 3, 148–152 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00288925

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