Poisson distribution.
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> Poisson distribution.
``bash`
npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson
`javascript`
var poisson = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson' );
#### poisson
Poisson distribution.
`javascript`
var dist = poisson;
// returns {...}
The namespace contains the following distribution functions:
- [cdf( x, lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/cdf]: Poisson distribution cumulative distribution function.
- [logpmf( x, lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/logpmf]: evaluate the natural logarithm of the probability mass function (PMF) for a Poisson distribution.
- [mgf( t, lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/mgf]: Poisson distribution moment-generating function (MGF).
- [pmf( x, lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/pmf]: Poisson distribution probability mass function (PMF).
- [quantile( p, lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/quantile]: Poisson distribution quantile function.
The namespace contains the following functions for calculating distribution properties:
- [entropy( lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/entropy]: Poisson distribution entropy.
- [kurtosis( lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/kurtosis]: Poisson distribution excess kurtosis.
- [mean( lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/mean]: Poisson distribution expected value.
- [median( lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/median]: Poisson distribution median.
- [mode( lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/mode]: Poisson distribution mode.
- [skewness( lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/skewness]: Poisson distribution skewness.
- [stdev( lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/stdev]: Poisson distribution standard deviation.
- [variance( lambda )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/variance]: Poisson distribution variance.
The namespace contains a constructor function for creating a [Poisson][poisson-distribution] distribution object.
- [Poisson( [lambda] )][@stdlib/stats/base/dists/poisson/ctor]: Poisson distribution constructor.
`javascript
var Poisson = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson' ).Poisson;
var dist = new Poisson( 2.0 );
var y = dist.pmf( 3.0 );
// returns ~0.18
y = dist.pmf( 2.3 );
// returns 0.0
`
`javascript
var poisson = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson' );
/*
* Let's take a customer service center example: average rate of customer inquiries is 3 per hour.
* This situation can be modeled using a Poisson distribution with λ = 3
*/
var lambda = 3;
// Mean can be used to calculate the average number of inquiries per hour:
console.log( poisson.mean( lambda ) );
// => 3
// Standard deviation can be used to calculate the measure of the spread of inquiries around the mean:
console.log( poisson.stdev( lambda ) );
// => ~1.7321
// Variance can be used to calculate the variability of the number of inquiries:
console.log( poisson.variance( lambda ) );
// => 3
// PMF can be used to calculate specific number of inquiries in an hour:
console.log( poisson.pmf( 4, lambda ) );
// => ~0.1680
// CDF can be used to calculate probability up to certain number of inquiries in an hour:
console.log( poisson.cdf( 2, lambda ) );
// => ~0.4232
// Quantile can be used to calculate the number of inquiries at which you can be 80% confident that the actual number will not exceed.
console.log( poisson.quantile( 0.8, lambda ) );
// => 4
// MGF can be used for more advanced statistical analyses and generating moments of the distribution.
console.log( poisson.mgf( 1.0, lambda ) );
// => ~173.2690
`
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