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.