ECE PhD QE CNSIP 2015 Problem1.1 - Rhea

Solution 1

First of all, the conditional distribution can be written as:

$ P(X=x|X+Y=n) =\frac{P(X=x, X+Y=n)}{P(X+Y=n)} =\frac{P(X=x, Y=n-x)}{P(X+Y=n)} $

And

$ P(X=x, Y=n-x) =P(X=x)P(Y=n-x)\\ =\frac{e^{-\lambda_1}\lambda^x}{x!}\times \frac{e^{-\lambda_2}\lambda^(n-x)}{(n-x)!}\\ =\frac{e^{-(\lambda_1+\lambda_2)}}{x!} \left( \begin{array}{c} n\\x \end{array} \right) \lambda_1^x\lambda_2^{n-x} $

Also

$ P(X+Y=n) ={\sum_{k=0}^{k=n}P(X=k,Y=n-k)} ={\sum_{k=0}^{k=n}P(X=k)P(Y=n-k)}\\ =\frac{e^{-(\lambda_1+\lambda_2)}}{n!}\sum_{k=0}^{k=n} \left( \begin{array}{c} n\\k \end{array} \right) \lambda_1^k\lambda_2^{n-k}\\ =\frac{e^{-(\lambda_1+\lambda_2)}}{n!}(\lambda_1+\lambda_2)^n $

So, we get $ P(X=x|X+Y=n) = \left( \begin{array}{c} n\\k \end{array} \right) (\frac{\lambda_1}{\lambda_1+\lambda_2})^x(\frac{\lambda_2}{\lambda_1+\lambda_2})^{n-x} $

Solution 2

Let $ Z=X+Y $,

$ P_Z(k)=P_Z(z=k)=P_Z(x+yk)\\ =\sum_{i=0}^{k}P(x=i)(y=k-i) $

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