The Poisson Distribution¶
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gsl_ran_poisson
(mu)¶ This function returns a random variate from the Poisson distribution with mean
mu
. The probability distribution for Poisson variates is,\[p(k) = {\mu^k \over k!} \exp(-\mu)\]for \(k \geq 0\).
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gsl_ran_poisson_pdf
(k, mu)¶ This function computes the probability \(p(k)\) of obtaining \(k\) from a Poisson distribution with mean
mu
, using the formula given above.
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gsl_cdf_poisson_P
(k, mu)¶
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gsl_cdf_poisson_Q
(k, mu)¶ These functions compute the cumulative distribution functions \(P(k), Q(k)\) for the Poisson distribution with parameter
mu
.