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Probability distribution

In probability theory and statistics, the Poisson binomial distribution is the discrete probability distribution of a sum of independent Bernoulli trials that are not necessarily identically distributed. The concept is named after Siméon Denis Poisson. Wikipedia →

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  4. Read the landmark paper: An approximation theorem for the Poisson binomial distributionCited 369 times
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