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Distributed

Distributed
or asserts that the random variable x is distributed according to the probability distribution dist.
Distributed
or asserts that the random vector is distributed according to the multivariate probability distribution dist.
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  • can be entered as x Esc dist Esc dist or .
  • The probability distribution dist can be any symbolic probability distribution specification.
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Basic Examples   (3)
Compute the probability of an event in a symbolic probability distribution:
Obtain the numerical value directly using NProbability:
Compute the expectation of a function in a multivariate probability distribution:
Mean and variance for the distribution obtained by transformation of a random variable:
Compute the probability of an event in a symbolic probability distribution:
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Compute the expectation of a function in a multivariate probability distribution:
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Mean and variance for the distribution obtained by transformation of a random variable:
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