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POISSON DISTRIBUTION
Concerned with the discrete variable
Conditions
Random events per unit time or space.
The number of events which might occur in a given unit of time or space theoretically unlimited.
Probability for a Poisson distribution:
P(X)=e-mmx/x! for x=0,1,2,.....
Note: e = 2.718
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