Mean time between coincidences

Mean time between coincidences

The mean time between coincidences (MTBC) is used in safety engineering and is defined as the reciprocal of the average frequency of dangerous coincidences:

MTBC=frac{1}{lambda _{d = frac{2}{lambda mu au }


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