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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 35 1 g Solution by
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For an Inhomogeneous Poisson process, the likelihood function is the product of the intensities at arrivals times the exponential of minus the integrated intensity. The integrated intensity is . There are arrivals at rate one and at rate two, soSet and to include changes before the first or after the last arrival. An arrival exactly at the change has probability zero, so the convention for at that point does not affect the Bayesian posterior.
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