POISSON

POISSON probability mass or cumulative distribution function of the Poisson distribution

Synopsis

POISSON(x,mean,cumulative)

Arguments

x: number of events

mean: mean of the distribution

cumulative: whether to evaluate the mass function or the cumulative distribution function

Note

If x is a non-integer it is truncated. If x < 0 this function returns a #NUM! error. If mean <= 0 POISSON returns the #NUM! error.

Microsoft Excel Compatibility

This function is Excel compatible.

See also

NORMDIST, WEIBULL.