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Poisson binomial distribution  

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  • In probability theory and statistics, the Poisson binomial distribution is the discrete probability distribution of a sum of independent Bernoulli trials that are not necessarily identically distributed. The concept is named after Siméon Denis Poisson.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_binomial_distribution)

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