Poisson distribution

Summary

Poisson distribution ranks in the top 0.18% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,476 views/month, #143 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• Poisson distribution's image is recorded as Poisson pmf.svg^[2].
• Siméon Denis Poisson is named after Poisson distribution^[3].
• Poisson distribution's GND ID is recorded as 4253010-6^[4].
• Poisson distribution's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85103956^[5].
• Poisson distribution's subclass of is recorded as Tweedie distribution^[6].
• Poisson distribution's subclass of is recorded as binomial distribution^[7].
• Poisson distribution's subclass of is recorded as natural exponential family with quadratic variance function^[8].
• Poisson distribution's subclass of is recorded as Conway–Maxwell–Poisson distribution^[9].
• Poisson distribution's subclass of is recorded as Panjer distribution^[10].
• Poisson distribution's subclass of is recorded as compound Poisson distribution^[11].
• Poisson distribution's subclass of is recorded as univariate probability distribution^[12].
• Poisson distribution's subclass of is recorded as discrete probability distribution^[13].
• Poisson distribution's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00569122^[14].
• Poisson distribution's Commons category is recorded as Poisson distribution^[15].
• Poisson distribution's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D016012^[16].
• Poisson distribution's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bdss^[17].
• Poisson distribution's MeSH tree code is recorded as E05.318.740.994.750^[18].
• Poisson distribution's MeSH tree code is recorded as G17.820.750^[19].
• Poisson distribution's MeSH tree code is recorded as N05.715.360.750.750.620^[20].
• Poisson distribution's MeSH tree code is recorded as N06.850.520.830.994.750^[21].
• Poisson distribution's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Poisson distribution^[22].
• Poisson distribution's PSH ID is recorded as 7727^[23].
• Poisson distribution's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• Poisson distribution's described by source is recorded as ISO 3534-1:2006(en) Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 1: General statistical terms and terms used in probability^[25].
• Poisson distribution's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9^[26].

Why It Matters

Poisson distribution ranks in the top 0.18% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,476 views/month, #143 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]