 ##  [Poisson Process](/poisson-process) 

  ##  [Poisson Process](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/poisson-process-0) 

  
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Definition

A point process on the real line (time) or in space in which counts in disjoint intervals are independent and the number of events in any interval of length t follows a Poisson distribution with mean λt for constant rate λ (homogeneous case).