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Poisson distribution

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A statistical method developed by the 18th century French mathematician S. D. Poisson, which is used for predicting the probable distribution of a series of events. For example, when the average transaction volume in a communications system can be estimated, Poisson distribution is used to determine the probable minimum and maximum number of transactions that can occur within a given time period.

(mathematics)Poisson distribution - A probability distribution used to describe the occurrence of unlikely events in a large number of independent trials.

Poisson distributions are often used in building simulated user loads.
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Incidence rates of respiratory diagnoses per 100 person-years of follow-up were calculated with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) based on Poisson distribution.
Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-positive adults, Malawi (1) by Meshnick, Steven R. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Because correlation existed in the repeated measures for each subject over the study period, the Poisson distribution assumption was violated in this study.
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12 54 46-63 (n = 939) (b) 137 123-152 268 247-290 494 462-526 685 648-723 813 772-854 1,031 983-1,079 1,186 1,132-1,241 463 (c) 454-474 (a) The 95% posterior HDRs were calculated assuming Poisson distribution of the cases and a vague gamma (0.
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