Paul Newton wrote: > No takers ? OK is there a general solution to this type of problem: > > Four counters (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow) > 24 distinct ways of arranging them. > 1 correct arrangement (say Red, Green, Blue, Yellow) > How are the incorrect arrangements distributed (what is the probablity > distribution of the incorrect arrangements) based on numer of counters > in the wrong position ? > > For five counters ? > > For n counters ? > Hi Paul,
We used to do stuff similar to this on my degree course (Applied statistics and computing) but that finished in 1991 and I've slept since then, so can't remember most of it. There used to be formulas for calculating these probabilities and I remember them using factorials but that's about it. Do you have any ideas on this? Peter _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
