Copyright | (c) 2009 2011 Bryan O'Sullivan |
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License | BSD3 |
Maintainer | bos@serpentine.com |
Stability | experimental |
Portability | portable |
Safe Haskell | None |
Language | Haskell98 |
The Poisson distribution. This is the discrete probability distribution of a number of events occurring in a fixed interval if these events occur with a known average rate, and occur independently from each other within that interval.
Synopsis
Documentation
data PoissonDistribution Source #
Instances
Constructors
poisson :: Double -> PoissonDistribution Source #
Create Poisson distribution.
Accessors
References
- Loader, C. (2000) Fast and Accurate Computation of Binomial Probabilities. http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/raw-attachment/ticket/620/loader2000Fast.pdf
- Adell, J., Lekuona, A., and Yu, Y. (2010) Sharp Bounds on the Entropy of the Poisson Law and Related Quantities http://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.2897.pdf