PoissonDistribution Class

[SerializableAttribute]
public class PoissonDistribution : DiscreteDistribution

<SerializableAttribute>
Public Class PoissonDistribution
	Inherits DiscreteDistribution

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class PoissonDistribution : public DiscreteDistribution

[<SerializableAttribute>]
type PoissonDistribution = 
    class
        inherit DiscreteDistribution
    end

Inheritance

Object  →  Distribution  →  DiscreteDistribution  →  PoissonDistribution

The Poisson distribution models the number of occurrances of an event where each event has a constant probability of occurring. It is closely related to the exponential distribution, which models the time between successive occurrances.

The Poisson distribution has one parameter: the mean number of occurrances per unit time.

The number of cars passing a road that is not too busy follows a Poisson distribution.

The number of failures of a piece of equipment that is replaced with identical copies when it fails follows a Poisson distribution.

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