Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Poisson Distribution

A distribution function used to describe the occurrence of rare events or to describe the sampling distribution of isolated counts in a continuum of time or space.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A distribution function used to describe the occurrence of rare events or to describe the sampling distribution of isolated counts in a continuum of time or space.

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  • Distribution, Poisson

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usually NIM

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History Note

90; was see PROBABILITY 1979-89; was see under PROBABILITY 1969-78

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  1. E05.318w.740w.994w.750w
  2. G17w.820w.750w
  3. N05.715w.360.750w.750w.620w
  4. N06.850w.520w.830w.994w.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Poisson Distribution. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016012. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016012
  2. Poisson Distribution. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution
  3. Poisson Distribution. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205692