English Explanatory Dictionary

Poisson process

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stochastic process in which events occur continually and independently of one another.

Word forms

Poisson process Poisson processes

Etymology

From the related concept of Poisson distribution (specifying a bounded subset of the domain of a Poisson process defines a random variable that has a Poisson distribution). See also stochastic process.

Synonyms

Poisson point field Poisson point process Poisson random measure Poisson random point field

Related words

carrier space
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