Concept information
Preferred term
Poisson distribution
Definition
- In probability theory and statistics, the Poisson distribution is a discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space if these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event. It is named after French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson. The Poisson distribution can also be used for the number of events in other specified interval types such as distance, area, or volume. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution)
Broader concept
In other languages
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French
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distribution de Poisson
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-TFNZH78L-4
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