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Poisson distribution: References & Edit History

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  • Richard Routledge
    Professor of Statistics at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada.

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Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Poisson process 1. Nov 18, 2024
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Introductory Business Statistics 2e - Poisson Distribution. Jul 30, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Wisconsin–Madison - Computer Sciences User Pages - The Poisson Distribution. Jun 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Newcastle University - The Poisson Distribution. May 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Introduction to Statistics - The Poisson distribution. Feb 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Statistics LibreTexts - Poisson Distribution. Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Story of Mathematics - The Poisson Distribution – Explanation & Examples. Apr 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Corporate Finance Institiute - Poisson Distribution. Aug 22, 2022
Changed “(k − 1)(k − 2)” to “k(k − 1)(k − 2).” May 27, 2020
Changed "e^λ" to "e^-λ." Jul 27, 2017
Corrected display issue. Jun 15, 2017
Add new Web site: Wolfram Mathworld - Poisson Distribution. Nov 26, 2014
Added new Web site: Connexions - What is Queuing Theory? Jun 17, 2008
Article revised. Nov 10, 2005
New article added. Jun 16, 2005
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