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Poisson distribution  

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  • 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 if these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event. It can also be used for the number of events in other types of intervals than time, and in dimension greater than 1 (e.g., number of events in a given area or volume).
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution)

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