Manuals/calci/POISSON

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POISSON(x,m,cu)


  • is the number of events.
  • is the mean
  • is the logical value like TRUE or FALSE.

Description

  • This function gives the value of the Poisson distribution.
  • The Poisson distribution is a discrete probability distribution for the counts of events that occur randomly in a given interval of time.
  • It is is used to model the number of events occurring within a given time interval.
  • In  ,   is the number of events in a given interval of time,   is the Average Numeric value and   is the logical value.
  • If it is TRUE, this function will give the Cumulative Poisson Probability with the number of random events between   and  (included).
  • If it is FALSE, this function will give the Poisson Probability Mass function with the number of events occurring will be exactly  .
  • The  probability mass function is:

    where   is the shape parameter and  .   is the base of the natural logarithm (e=2.718282).

  • The Cumulative Poisson Probability function is:

 .

  • This function will return the result as error when
1.  or   is non-numeric.
2.  or  .

Examples

  1. POISSON(10,3,TRUE) = 0.9997076630493528
  2. POISSON(10,3,FALSE) = 0.0008101511794681433
  3. POISSON(21.7,7.54,TRUE) = 0.9999955033358848
  4. POISSON(21.7,7.54,FALSE) = 0.00000948031184308478

See Also

References

Poisson distribution