bombs
simulation
Spreadsheet simulates 100, 200, 300, 400 or 500 bombs landing randomly on a 10x10 grid and compares frequencies with expected frequencies based on the Poisson distribution.
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bombs
simulation
Spreadsheet simulates 100, 200,
300, 400 or 500 bombs landing randomly on a 10x10 grid and compares frequencies
with expected frequencies based on the Poisson distribution.
shark
simulation
Observe the number of sharks seen
in an area in different one hour time periods.
Poisson
distribution - DISCUSS
introduction, queueing simulation,
graphs, patterns, Doodlebug data, comparison with binomial distribution,
probability calculations, links
Poisson
distribution as the limit of the binomial distribution
proof from MathWorld