泊松分布
機率質量函數
k ，發生次數。該函數隻定義在k 為整數的時候。連接線是只為了指導視覺。
累積分布函數
k ，發生次數。CDF在整數k 處不連續，且在其他任何地方都是水平的，因為服從泊松分布的變量只針對整數值。 參數
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{\displaystyle k\in \{0,1,2,3,\cdots \}}
機率質量函數
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{\displaystyle {\frac {\lambda ^{k}}{k!}}e^{-\lambda }}
累積分布函數
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{\displaystyle {\frac {\Gamma (\lfloor k+1\rfloor ,\lambda )}{\lfloor k\rfloor !}}}
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{\displaystyle e^{-\lambda }\sum _{i=0}^{\lfloor k\rfloor }{\frac {\lambda ^{i}}{i!}}\ }
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{\displaystyle Q(\lfloor k+1\rfloor ,\lambda )}
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{\displaystyle k\geq 0}
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{\displaystyle \Gamma (x,y)}
不完全Γ函數 ，
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{\displaystyle \lfloor k\rfloor }
高斯符號 ，Q是規則化Γ函數) 期望值
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{\displaystyle \lambda }
中位數
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{\displaystyle \approx \lfloor \lambda +1/3-0.02/\lambda \rfloor }
眾數
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{\displaystyle \lceil \lambda \rceil -1,\lfloor \lambda \rfloor }
變異數
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{\displaystyle \lambda }
偏度
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{\displaystyle \lambda ^{-1/2}}
峰度
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{\displaystyle \lambda ^{-1}}
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{\displaystyle \lambda [1-\log(\lambda )]+e^{-\lambda }\sum _{k=0}^{\infty }{\frac {\lambda ^{k}\log(k!)}{k!}}}
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{\displaystyle \lambda }
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{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{2}}\log(2\pi e\lambda )-{\frac {1}{12\lambda }}-{\frac {1}{24\lambda ^{2}}}-}
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{\displaystyle \qquad {\frac {19}{360\lambda ^{3}}}+O\left({\frac {1}{\lambda ^{4}}}\right)}
動差母函數
exp
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{\displaystyle \exp(\lambda (e^{t}-1))}
特徵函數
exp
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{\displaystyle \exp(\lambda (e^{it}-1))}
機率母函數
exp
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{\displaystyle \exp(\lambda (z-1))}
泊松分布 （法語：loi de Poisson ；英語：Poisson distribution ）又稱Poisson分布 、泊松分布 、布瓦松分布 、布阿松分布 、普阿松分布 、波以松分布 、卜氏分布 、帕松小數法則 （Poisson law of small numbers），是一種統計 與概率 學裡常見到的離散機率分布 ，由法國 數學家西莫恩·德尼·泊松 在1838年時發表。
泊松分布適合於描述單位時間內隨機事件發生的次數的概率分布。如某一服務設施在一定時間內受到的服務請求的次數，電話交換機 接到呼叫的次數、汽車站台的候客人數、機器出現的故障數、自然災害 發生的次數、DNA序列的變異數、放射性原子核的衰變數、雷射 的光子數分布等等。（單位時間內發生的次數，可以看作事件發生的頻率，類似物理的頻率
f
{\displaystyle f}
泊松分布的機率質量函數 為：
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{\displaystyle P(X=k)={\frac {e^{-\lambda }\lambda ^{k}}{k!}}}
泊松分布的參數
λ
{\displaystyle \lambda }
若
X
{\displaystyle X}
λ
{\displaystyle \lambda }
X
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π
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{\displaystyle X\sim \pi (\lambda )}
X
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Poisson
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{\displaystyle X\sim {\text{Poisson}}(\lambda )}
1、服從泊松分布的隨機變量 ，其數學期望 與方差 相等，同為參數
λ
{\displaystyle \lambda }
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{\displaystyle E(X)=V(X)=\lambda }
2、兩個獨立且服從泊松分布的隨機變量 ，其和仍然服從泊松分布。更精確地說，若
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Poisson
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{\displaystyle X\sim {\text{Poisson}}(\lambda _{1})}
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{\displaystyle Y\sim {\text{Poisson}}(\lambda _{2})}
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{\displaystyle X+Y\sim {\text{Poisson}}(\lambda _{1}+\lambda _{2})}
Raikov定理
3、其動差母函數 為：
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{\displaystyle M_{X}(t)=E[e^{tX}]=\sum _{x=0}^{\infty }e^{tx}{\frac {e^{-\lambda }\lambda ^{x}}{x!}}=e^{-\lambda }\sum _{x=0}^{\infty }{\frac {({e^{t}}\lambda )^{x}}{x!}}=e^{{\lambda }(e^{t}-1)}}
期望值：(倒數第三至第二是使用泰勒展開式 )
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\mathrm {E} (X)&=\sum _{i=0}^{\infty }\displaystyle iP(X=i)\\&=\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle i{e^{-\lambda }\lambda ^{i} \over i!}\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle {\lambda ^{i-1} \over (i-1)!}\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }\sum _{i=0}^{\infty }\displaystyle {\lambda ^{i} \over i!}\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }e^{\lambda }\\&=\lambda \end{aligned}}}
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\mathrm {E} (X^{2})&=\sum _{i=0}^{\infty }\displaystyle i^{2}P(X=i)\\&=\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle i^{2}{e^{-\lambda }\lambda ^{i} \over i!}\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle {i\lambda ^{i-1} \over (i-1)!}\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle {1 \over (i-1)!}{d \over d\lambda }(\lambda ^{i})\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }{d \over d\lambda }\left[\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle {\lambda ^{i} \over (i-1)!}\right]\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }{d \over d\lambda }\left[\lambda \sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle {\lambda ^{i-1} \over (i-1)!}\right]\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }{d \over d\lambda }(\lambda e^{\lambda })=\lambda e^{-\lambda }(e^{\lambda }+\lambda e^{\lambda })=\lambda +\lambda ^{2}\end{aligned}}}
我們可以得到：
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{\displaystyle Var(X)=(\lambda +\lambda ^{2})-\lambda ^{2}=\lambda }
如同性質：
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{\displaystyle E(X)=Var(X)=\lambda }
σ
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{\displaystyle \sigma _{X}={\sqrt {\lambda }}}
相互獨立的卜瓦松分佈隨機變數之和仍服從卜瓦松分佈：
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{\displaystyle X\sim {\text{Poisson}}(\lambda _{1}),Y\sim {\text{Poisson}}(\lambda _{2}).}
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{\displaystyle P(X=k_{1})={\dfrac {\lambda _{1}^{k_{1}}e^{-\lambda _{1}}}{k_{1}!}},P(Y=k_{2})={\dfrac {\lambda _{2}^{k_{2}}e^{-\lambda _{2}}}{k_{2}!}}.}
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}P(X+Y=k)&=\sum _{i=0}^{k}P(X=i)P(Y=k-i)\\&=\sum _{i=0}^{k}{\frac {\lambda _{1}^{i}\lambda _{2}^{k-i}e^{-(\lambda _{1}+\lambda _{2})}}{i!(k-i)!}}\\&={\frac {e^{-(\lambda _{1}+\lambda _{2})}}{k!}}\sum _{i=0}^{k}C_{k}^{i}\lambda _{1}^{i}\lambda _{2}^{k-i}\\&={\frac {e^{-(\lambda _{1}+\lambda _{2})}(\lambda _{1}+\lambda _{2})^{k}}{k!}}\end{aligned}}}
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{\displaystyle X+Y\sim {\text{Poisson}}(\lambda _{1}+\lambda _{2})}
在二項分布 的伯努利試驗 中，如果試驗次數
n
{\displaystyle n}
p
{\displaystyle p}
λ
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p
{\displaystyle \lambda =np}
證明如下。首先，回顧自然對數
e
{\displaystyle e}
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{\displaystyle \lim _{n\to \infty }\left(1-{\lambda \over n}\right)^{n}=e^{-\lambda },}
二項分布的定義：
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{\displaystyle P(X=k)={n \choose k}p^{k}(1-p)^{n-k}}
如果令
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{\displaystyle p={\frac {\lambda }{n}}}
n
{\displaystyle n}
P
{\displaystyle P}
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\lim _{n\to \infty }P(X=k)&=\lim _{n\to \infty }{n \choose k}p^{k}(1-p)^{n-k}\\&=\lim _{n\to \infty }{n! \over (n-k)!k!}\left({\lambda \over n}\right)^{k}\left(1-{\lambda \over n}\right)^{n-k}\\&=\lim _{n\to \infty }\underbrace {\left[{\frac {n!}{n^{k}\left(n-k\right)!}}\right]} _{F}\left({\frac {\lambda ^{k}}{k!}}\right)\underbrace {\left(1-{\frac {\lambda }{n}}\right)^{n}} _{\to \exp \left(-\lambda \right)}\underbrace {\left(1-{\frac {\lambda }{n}}\right)^{-k}} _{\to 1}\\&=\lim _{n\to \infty }\underbrace {\left[\left(1-{\frac {1}{n}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {2}{n}}\right)\ldots \left(1-{\frac {k-1}{n}}\right)\right]} _{\to 1}\left({\frac {\lambda ^{k}}{k!}}\right)\underbrace {\left(1-{\frac {\lambda }{n}}\right)^{n}} _{\to \exp \left(-\lambda \right)}\underbrace {\left(1-{\frac {\lambda }{n}}\right)^{-k}} _{\to 1}\\&=\left({\frac {\lambda ^{k}}{k!}}\right)\exp \left(-\lambda \right)\end{aligned}}}
給定
n
{\displaystyle n}
k
i
{\displaystyle k_{i}}
λ
{\displaystyle \lambda }
最大似然估計 值，列出對數似然函數：
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}L(\lambda )&=\ln \prod _{i=1}^{n}f(k_{i}\mid \lambda )\\&=\sum _{i=1}^{n}\ln \!\left({\frac {e^{-\lambda }\lambda ^{k_{i}}}{k_{i}!}}\right)\\&=-n\lambda +\left(\sum _{i=1}^{n}k_{i}\right)\ln(\lambda )-\sum _{i=1}^{n}\ln(k_{i}!).\end{aligned}}}
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{\displaystyle {\frac {\mathrm {d} }{\mathrm {d} \lambda }}L(\lambda )=0\iff -n+\left(\sum _{i=1}^{n}k_{i}\right){\frac {1}{\lambda }}=0.\!}
解得λ 從而得到一個駐點 （stationary point）：
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{\displaystyle {\widehat {\lambda }}_{\mathrm {MLE} }={\frac {1}{n}}\sum _{i=1}^{n}k_{i}.\!}
檢查函數
L
{\displaystyle L}
λ
{\displaystyle \lambda }
k
i
{\displaystyle k_{i}}
L
{\displaystyle L}
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{\displaystyle {\frac {\partial ^{2}L}{\partial \lambda ^{2}}}=\sum _{i=1}^{n}-\lambda ^{-2}k_{i}}
對某公共汽車站的客流做調查，統計了某天上午10:30到11:47來到候車的乘客情況。假定來到候車的乘客各批（每批可以是1人也可以是多人）是互相獨立發生的。觀察每20秒區間來到候車的乘客批次，共觀察77分鐘*3=231次，共得到230個觀察記錄。其中來到0批、1批、2批、3批、4批及4批以上的觀察記錄分別是100次、81次、34次、9次、6次。使用極大似真估計（MLE），得到
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{\displaystyle {\frac {81\times 1+34\times 2+9\times 3+6\times 4}{230}}\approx 0.87}
一個用來生成隨機泊松分布的數字（偽隨機數抽樣）的簡單算法，已經由高德納 給出（見下文參考）：
algorithm poisson random number (Knuth) :
init :
Let L ← e −λ , k ← 0 and p ← 1.
do :
k ← k + 1.
Generate uniform random number u in [0,1] and let p ← p×u.
while p > L.
return k − 1.
儘管簡單，但複雜度是線性的，在返回的值
k
{\displaystyle k}
λ
{\displaystyle \lambda }
λ
{\displaystyle \lambda }
e
−
λ
{\displaystyle e^{-\lambda }}
λ
{\displaystyle \lambda }
拒絕採樣 ，另一種是採用泊松分布的高斯近似。
對於很小的
λ
{\displaystyle \lambda }
u
{\displaystyle u}
algorithm Poisson generator based upon the inversion by sequential search :[ 1] init :
Let x ← 0, p ← e −λ , s ← p.
Generate uniform random number u in [0,1].
do :
x ← x + 1.
p ← p * λ / x.
s ← s + p.
while u > s.
return x.
Guerriero V. Power Law Distribution: Method of Multi-scale Inferential Statistics . Journal of Modern Mathematics Frontier (JMMF). 2012, 1 : 21–28 [2017-10-30 ] . （原始內容 存檔於2018-02-21）. Joachim H. Ahrens, Ulrich Dieter. Computer Methods for Sampling from Gamma, Beta, Poisson and Binomial Distributions. Computing. 1974, 12 (3): 223–246. doi:10.1007/BF02293108 Joachim H. Ahrens, Ulrich Dieter. Computer Generation of Poisson Deviates . ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. 1982, 8 (2): 163–179. doi:10.1145/355993.355997 Ronald J. Evans, J. Boersma, N. M. Blachman, A. A. Jagers. The Entropy of a Poisson Distribution: Problem 87-6. SIAM Review. 1988, 30 (2): 314–317. doi:10.1137/1030059 Donald E. Knuth. Seminumerical Algorithms. The Art of Computer Programming. Volume 2. Addison Wesley . 1969.
![{\displaystyle \lambda [1-\log(\lambda )]+e^{-\lambda }\sum _{k=0}^{\infty }{\frac {\lambda ^{k}\log(k!)}{k!}}}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/cf6cf37058d59e89453fd5bf9a1ece59a8c81d1a)
![{\displaystyle M_{X}(t)=E[e^{tX}]=\sum _{x=0}^{\infty }e^{tx}{\frac {e^{-\lambda }\lambda ^{x}}{x!}}=e^{-\lambda }\sum _{x=0}^{\infty }{\frac {({e^{t}}\lambda )^{x}}{x!}}=e^{{\lambda }(e^{t}-1)}}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/07027a2d97d52986d99b0a73c00430e95cdbdc8a)
![{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\mathrm {E} (X^{2})&=\sum _{i=0}^{\infty }\displaystyle i^{2}P(X=i)\\&=\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle i^{2}{e^{-\lambda }\lambda ^{i} \over i!}\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle {i\lambda ^{i-1} \over (i-1)!}\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle {1 \over (i-1)!}{d \over d\lambda }(\lambda ^{i})\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }{d \over d\lambda }\left[\sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle {\lambda ^{i} \over (i-1)!}\right]\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }{d \over d\lambda }\left[\lambda \sum _{i=1}^{\infty }\displaystyle {\lambda ^{i-1} \over (i-1)!}\right]\\&=\lambda e^{-\lambda }{d \over d\lambda }(\lambda e^{\lambda })=\lambda e^{-\lambda }(e^{\lambda }+\lambda e^{\lambda })=\lambda +\lambda ^{2}\end{aligned}}}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/67cfdcfdefe078c4ae07a091d4ec9cc56b007d67)
![{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\lim _{n\to \infty }P(X=k)&=\lim _{n\to \infty }{n \choose k}p^{k}(1-p)^{n-k}\\&=\lim _{n\to \infty }{n! \over (n-k)!k!}\left({\lambda \over n}\right)^{k}\left(1-{\lambda \over n}\right)^{n-k}\\&=\lim _{n\to \infty }\underbrace {\left[{\frac {n!}{n^{k}\left(n-k\right)!}}\right]} _{F}\left({\frac {\lambda ^{k}}{k!}}\right)\underbrace {\left(1-{\frac {\lambda }{n}}\right)^{n}} _{\to \exp \left(-\lambda \right)}\underbrace {\left(1-{\frac {\lambda }{n}}\right)^{-k}} _{\to 1}\\&=\lim _{n\to \infty }\underbrace {\left[\left(1-{\frac {1}{n}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {2}{n}}\right)\ldots \left(1-{\frac {k-1}{n}}\right)\right]} _{\to 1}\left({\frac {\lambda ^{k}}{k!}}\right)\underbrace {\left(1-{\frac {\lambda }{n}}\right)^{n}} _{\to \exp \left(-\lambda \right)}\underbrace {\left(1-{\frac {\lambda }{n}}\right)^{-k}} _{\to 1}\\&=\left({\frac {\lambda ^{k}}{k!}}\right)\exp \left(-\lambda \right)\end{aligned}}}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7f3305a795ed8b2ce32f86487f67b44ecd5f69cb)
