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BinomialDistribution Class

Represents the binomial distribution.

For a list of all members of this type, see BinomialDistribution Members.

System.Object
   Distribution
      DiscreteDistribution
         BinomialDistribution

[Visual Basic]
Public Class BinomialDistribution
Inherits DiscreteDistribution
[C#]
public class BinomialDistribution : DiscreteDistribution

Remarks

The binomial distribution Binomial(n, probability) characterizes the probability of the number of successes in a variable of n trials, each having a probability probability of being successful.

If n = 1, the binomial distribution reduces to the BernoulliDistribution.

Example

The number of dice showing a six when rolling N dice has a biomial distribution with n = N and probability = 1/6. Notice that it doesn't matter if the trials are run simultaneously or in succession.

Requirements

Namespace: Extreme.Statistics.Distributions

Assembly: Extreme.Statistics (in Extreme.Statistics.dll)

See Also

BinomialDistribution Members | Extreme.Statistics.Distributions Namespace | BernoulliDistribution | GeometricDistribution | NegativeBinomialDistribution