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PoissonDistribution
PoissonDistribution
[
]
represents a Poisson distribution with mean
.
MORE INFORMATION
The probability for integer value
x
in a Poisson distribution is
for
.
»
PoissonDistribution
allows
to be any positive real number.
PoissonDistribution
can be used with such functions as
Mean
,
CDF
and
RandomInteger
.
»
EXAMPLES
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Basic Examples
(2)
The mean and variance of a Poisson distribution are the same:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
In[2]:=
Out[2]=
Probability density function:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
In[2]:=
Out[2]=
Scope
(4)
Applications
(2)
Properties & Relations
(5)
Possible Issues
(2)
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BinomialDistribution
GammaDistribution
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Demonstrations with PoissonDistribution
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for 
. » to be any positive real number.
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