Shekhawati Engineering College, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, India. The probability generating function approach plays a vital role in the study of queueing problems as it is crucially useful ...

ABSTRACT: The famous de Moivre’s Laplace limit theorem proved the probability density function of Gaussian distribution from binomial probability mass function under specified conditions. De Moivre’s ...

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Continuous Variable: can take on any value between two specified values. Obtained by measuring. Discrete Variable: not continuous variable (cannot take on any value between two specified values).

The Poisson distribution is a discrete probability distribution. It gives the probability of a certain number of events occurring during a fixed interval. This web calculator allows users to specify ...

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dxxx(x,) returns the density or the value on the y-axis of a probability distribution for a discrete value of x pxxx(q,) returns the cumulative density function (CDF) or the area under the curve to ...

We explore the application of probability generating functions (PGFs) to invasive processes, focusing on infectious disease introduced into large populations. Our goal is to acquaint the reader with ...