A statistical method developed by the 18th century French mathematician S. D. Poisson, which is used for predicting the probable distribution of a series of events. For example, when the average ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Poisson distribution played a key role in experiments that had a historic role in the development of molecular biology. In particular, the ...

We consider the problem of detecting a 'bump' in the intensity of a Poisson process or in a density. We analyze two types of likelihood ratio-based statistics, which allow for exact finite sample ...