PoissonDistribution Constructor

Definition

Namespace: Numerics.NET.Statistics.Distributions
Assembly: Numerics.NET (in Numerics.NET.dll) Version: 10.3.0

Overload List

PoissonDistribution(Double) Constructs a new PoissonDistribution.
PoissonDistribution(Vector<Double>) Estimates the parameters of the distribution of a variable assuming it follows a Poisson distribution.

PoissonDistribution(Double)

Constructs a new PoissonDistribution.
C#
public PoissonDistribution(
	double mean
)

Parameters

mean  Double
The mean of the distribution.

Remarks

mean represents the mean number of occurrances of an event in unit time.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

mean is less than or equal to zero.

PoissonDistribution(Vector<Double>)

Estimates the parameters of the distribution of a variable assuming it follows a Poisson distribution.
C#
public PoissonDistribution(
	Vector<double> variable
)

Parameters

variable  Vector<Double>
A vector.

Return Value

The PoissonDistribution that best matches the distribution of variable.

Remarks

Use this constructor to create a PoissonDistribution whose parameter is estimated from variable.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

variable is null.

See Also