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diff --git a/numpy/random/mtrand.pyx b/numpy/random/mtrand.pyx index edf812a4d..ca6ba9de8 100644 --- a/numpy/random/mtrand.pyx +++ b/numpy/random/mtrand.pyx @@ -537,6 +537,22 @@ cdef class RandomState: out : ndarray or scalar Drawn samples from the parameterized exponential distribution. + Examples + -------- + A real world example: Assume a company has 10000 customer support + agents and the average time between customer calls is 4 minutes. + + >>> n = 10000 + >>> time_between_calls = np.random.default_rng().exponential(scale=4, size=n) + + What is the probability that a customer will call in the next + 4 to 5 minutes? + + >>> x = ((time_between_calls < 5).sum())/n + >>> y = ((time_between_calls < 4).sum())/n + >>> x-y + 0.08 # may vary + See Also -------- random.Generator.exponential: which should be used for new code. |