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8note • yesterday at 11:42 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

possion distribution is what i learned in university for describing this kind of event?

the book is underutilized?


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stuxnet79 • yesterday at 11:46 PM

No I learned it in university like most of us did but 10+ years in tech I have never once seen somebody reach out for it in situations like this one where it is a natural fit.

Few people understand it well, even though it's effectively a binomial distribution (easy to grok) but with special constraints.