POISSON PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

Engr. Ralph T. Crucillo

 • Poisson distribution is a discrete probability
distribution for the counts of events that occur
randomly in a given interval of time.
• Used to model the number of events occurring

POISSON within a given time interval.

• It has the following characteristics:

PROBABILITY • Discrete distribution

• Each occurrence is independent of the
other occurrences.

DISTRIBUTION • It describes discrete occurrences over an

interval.
• The occurrences in each interval can range
from zero to infinity.
• The mean number of occurrences must be
constant throughout the experiment.
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Exercises
• Let X equal the number of typos on a printed page with a mean of 3
typos per page. What is the probability that a randomly selected page
has at least one typo on it?
• What is the probability that a randomly selected page has at most
one typo on it?
• A man was able to complete 3 files a day on an average. Find the
probability that he can complete 5 files the next day.
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MEAN AND VARIANCE OF THE POISSON
EXAMPLE:
If customers come into a bank with variance of 36/hour . Find
the standard deviation of customer visit per hour using Poisson
distribution.