Research Article

Traces Synchronization in Distributed Networks

Table 2

Confidence interval determination according to a confidence level.

Confidence levelConfidence interval

90% 𝑥 1 , 6 4 𝜎 𝑥 < 𝜇 < 𝑥 + 1 , 6 4 𝜎 𝑥
95% 𝑥 1 , 9 6 𝜎 𝑥 < 𝜇 < 𝑥 + 1 , 9 6 𝜎 𝑥
99% 𝑥 2 , 5 8 𝜎 𝑥 < 𝜇 < 𝑥 + 2 , 5 8 𝜎 𝑥

𝑥 : whole samples average. 𝜎 𝑥 : whole samples standard deviation