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Poisson Functions in R Programming

The document discusses Poisson distribution functions in R programming. There are four Poisson functions: dpois() calculates probability density, ppois() calculates cumulative distribution, rpois() generates random numbers, and qpois() generates quantiles. The Poisson distribution represents the probability of events occurring at a constant mean rate over an interval of space or time.

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Poisson Functions in R Programming

The document discusses Poisson distribution functions in R programming. There are four Poisson functions: dpois() calculates probability density, ppois() calculates cumulative distribution, rpois() generates random numbers, and qpois() generates quantiles. The Poisson distribution represents the probability of events occurring at a constant mean rate over an interval of space or time.

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Poisson Functions in R Programming

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The Poisson distribution represents the probability of a provided number of cases
happening in a set period of space or time if these cases happen with an identified
constant mean rate (free of the period since the ultimate event). Poisson distribution
has been named after Siméon Denis Poisson(French Mathematician).
Many probability distributions can be easily implemented in R language with the help
of R’s inbuilt functions.
There are four Poisson functions available in R:
 dpois
 ppois
 qpois
 rpois
Consider a Random Variable X with Poisson distribution given as The
mean of this distribution is given by The variance of such a distribution
is
So if there are ‘n’ which happened out of which the only k were successful when the

probability of success is very less then the probability of success becomes

dpois()
This function is used for illustration of Poisson density in an R plot. The function
dpois() calculates the probability of a random variable that is available within a certain
range.
Syntax:

where,
K: number of successful events happened in an interval
mean per interval
log: If TRUE then the function returns probability in form of log
Example:
 Python3

dpois(2, 3)
dpois(6, 6)

Output:
[1] 0.2240418

[1] 0.1606231
ppois()
This function is used for the illustration of cumulative probability function in an R
plot. The function ppois() calculates the probability of a random variable that will be
equal to or less than a number.
Syntax:

where,
K: number of successful events happened in an interval
mean per interval
lower.tail: If TRUE then left tail is considered otherwise if the FALSE right tail is
considered
log: If TRUE then the function returns probability in form of log
Example:

ppois(2, 3)

ppois(6, 6)

Output:
[1] 0.4231901
[1] 0.6063028
rpois()
The function rpois() is used for generating random numbers from a given Poisson’s
distribution.
Syntax:

where,
q: number of random numbers needed
mean per interval
Example:

rpois(2, 3)

rpois(6, 6)

Output:
[1] 2 3
[1] 6 7 6 10 9 4
qpois()
The function qpois() is used for generating quantile of a given Poisson’s distribution.
In probability, quantiles are marked points that divide the graph of a probability
distribution into intervals (continuous ) which have equal probabilities.
Syntax:

where,
K: number of successful events happened in an interval
mean per interval
lower.tail: If TRUE then left tail is considered otherwise if the FALSE right tail is
considered
log: If TRUE then the function returns probability in form of log
Example:

y <- c(.01, .05, .1, .2)

qpois(y, 2)

qpois(y, 6)

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