Probability Distribution Data Structure
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A Probability Distribution Data Structure is a Tabular Data Structure that represents a Probability Distribution.
- AKA: Probability Distribution Table.
- Example(s):
- {(Heads,0.45), (Tails,0.55)}
- See: Relative Frequency Table, Cumulative Distribution Function.
References
2009
- http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/interactive/probability/glossary/glossary.html
- Probability Distribution: The set of probabilities associated with the values in a random variable’s sample space.
- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_distribution
- In probability theory and statistics, a probability distribution identifies either the probability of each value of an unidentified random variable (when the variable is discrete), or the probability of the value falling within a particular interval (when the variable is continuous). [1] The probability distribution describes the range of possible values that a random variable can attain and the probability that the value of the random variable is within any (measurable) subset of that range.
- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_probability_distribution
- Discrete probability distributions arise in the mathematical description of probabilistic and statistical problems in which the values that might be observed are restricted to being within a pre-defined list of possible values. This list has either a finite number of members, or at most is countable.