poisson.binomial.pdf: Poisson Binomial PDF

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

View source: R/poisbinom.R

Description

Poisson Binomial PDF

Usage

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Arguments

p

A numeric vector of binomial probabilities.

Value

A numeric matrix of outcomes and probabilities.

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# 1. I have three fair coins. What is the probability of the number of heads,
#    when they are all flipped simultaneously?

poisson.binomial.pdf(c(.5, .5, .5))

#      Successes Probability
# [1,]         0       0.125
# [2,]         1       0.375
# [3,]         2       0.375
# [4,]         3       0.125

# 2. I have two biased coins. The probability of heads is 0.2 and 0.4. What
#    is the probability of the number of heads when they are all flipped
#    simultaneously?

poisson.binomial.pdf(c(0.2, 0.4))

#      Successes Probability
# [1,]         0        0.48
# [2,]         1        0.44
# [3,]         2        0.08

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