- Function Poisson(lambda)¶
Poisson¶
The function Poisson
draws a random value from a Poisson
distribution.
Poisson(
AverageNumberOfSuccesses ! (input) numerical expression
)
Arguments¶
- lambda
A scalar numerical expression \(> 0\).
Return Value¶
The function
Poisson
returns a random value drawn from a Poisson distribution with average number of occurrences AverageNumberOfSuccesses.
See also
The Poisson
distribution is discussed in full detail in Discrete Distributions
of the Language Reference.