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Poisson distribution

Summary

Poisson distribution ranks in the top 0.18% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,827 views/month, #143 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Siméon Denis Poisson is named after Poisson distribution[2].
  • Poisson distribution is a type of Tweedie distribution[3].
  • Poisson distribution is a type of binomial distribution[4].
  • Poisson distribution is a type of natural exponential family with quadratic variance function[5].
  • Poisson distribution is a type of Conway–Maxwell–Poisson distribution[6].
  • Poisson distribution is a type of Panjer distribution[7].
  • Poisson distribution is a type of compound Poisson distribution[8].
  • Poisson distribution is a type of univariate probability distribution[9].
  • Poisson distribution is a type of discrete probability distribution[10].
  • Poisson distribution's Commons category is recorded as Poisson distribution[11].
  • Poisson distribution's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Poisson distribution[12].
  • Poisson distribution's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Poisson distribution's described by source is recorded as ISO 3534-1:2006(en) Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 1: General statistical terms and terms used in probability[14].
  • Poisson distribution's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[15].
  • Poisson distribution's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stats.stackexchange.com/tags/poisson-distribution[16].
  • Poisson distribution's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/poisson-distribution[17].
  • Poisson distribution's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/poisson-distribution[18].
  • Poisson distribution's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/poisson[19].
  • Poisson distribution's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
  • Poisson distribution's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Tweedie distribution[3], binomial distribution[4], natural exponential family with quadratic variance function[5], Conway–Maxwell–Poisson distribution[6], Panjer distribution[7], and compound it[8].

Origins

Siméon Denis Poisson is named after Poisson distribution[2].

Why It Matters

Poisson distribution ranks in the top 0.18% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,827 views/month, #143 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Siméon Denis Poisson

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Named after → Siméon Denis Poisson
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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