BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
NProbability
NProbability[pred, x
dist]
gives the numerical probability for an event that satisfies the predicate pred under the assumption that x follows the probability distribution dist.
NProbability[pred, {x1, x2, ...}
dist]
gives the numerical probability that an event satisfies pred under the assumption that
follows the multivariate distribution dist.
can be entered as x EscdistEsc dist or
.
can be entered as
EsccondEsc
or
.
- NProbability works like Probability except numerical summation and integration methods are used.
- For a continuous distribution dist, the probability of pred is given by
where
is the probability density function of dist and the integral is taken over the domain of dist.
- For a discrete distribution dist, the probability of pred is given by
where
is the probability density function of dist and the summation is taken over the domain of dist.
- NProbability[pred, {x1
dist1, x2
dist2}] corresponds to NProbability[NProbability[pred, x2
dist2], x1
dist1] so that the last variable is summed or integrated first.
- N[Probability[...]] calls NProbability for probabilities that cannot be done symbolically.
- The following options can be given:
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