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<P><font size="+3" color="green"><B>Poisson distribution</B></font></P>
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<TD width="15%" valign="top"><B>Syntax</B>:</TD>
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y = POISSON(x,n)</CODE>
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The Poisson distribution is one of the most important in probability. In general, a discrete random
variable <i>N</i> in an experiment is said to have the Poisson distribution with parameter
<i>x</i> <code>> 0</code> if it has the density function:
<font size="+1"><i>x<sup>N</sup>e<sup>-x</sup>/N!</i></font></P>
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