POISSON DISTRIBUTION
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Poisson Distribution.
Poisson Distribution - as a noun
A theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large
Example Sentences
"The poisson distribution is a probability distribution that describes the number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space."
"In the poisson distribution, the average rate at which events occur is constant."
"The poisson distribution is often used to model rare events such as the number of accidents at a particular intersection."
"The poisson distribution is characterized by a single parameter, lambda, which represents the average number of events in the interval."
"The probability mass function of the poisson distribution is given by P(X=k) = (e^-lambda * lambda^k) / k!, where k is the number of events."
