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The Exponential Integral Frequency Distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

J. B. Parker
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In a recent note, D. A. Lloyd has obtained a formula for the frequency distribution of time dependent errors in terms of the exponential integral

This note clarifies Lloyd's derivations by referring to a theoretically identical, though conceptually different, time-independent, physical model, relates this distribution to one described by Anderson and concludes with a short appreciation of the role of the negative exponential distribution in navigational studies.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 1966 , pp. 526 - 529
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1966

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