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  2. Independent and identically distributed random variables

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    The i.i.d. assumption is also used in the central limit theorem, which states that the probability distribution of the sum (or average) of i.i.d. variables with finite variance approaches a normal distribution. [4] The i.i.d. assumption frequently arises in the context of sequences of random variables. Then, "independent and identically ...

  3. Continuous uniform distribution - Wikipedia

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    If X has a standard uniform distribution, then Y = X n has a beta distribution with parameters (1/n,1). As such, The Irwin–Hall distribution is the sum of n i.i.d. U(0,1) distributions. The Bates distribution is the average of n i.i.d. U(0,1) distributions. The standard uniform distribution is a special case of the beta distribution, with ...

  4. Characteristic function (probability theory) - Wikipedia

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    There is a one-to-one correspondence between cumulative distribution functions and characteristic functions, so it is possible to find one of these functions if we know the other. The formula in the definition of characteristic function allows us to compute φ when we know the distribution function F (or density f).

  5. Convergence of random variables - Wikipedia

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    Then X 1 has the Bernoulli distribution with expected value μ = 0.5 and variance σ 2 = 0.25. The subsequent random variables X 2, X 3, ... will all be distributed binomially. As n grows larger, this distribution will gradually start to take shape more and more similar to the bell curve of the normal distribution.

  6. Random graph - Wikipedia

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    A random graph is obtained by starting with a set of n isolated vertices and adding successive edges between them at random. The aim of the study in this field is to determine at what stage a particular property of the graph is likely to arise. [3] Different random graph models produce different probability distributions on graphs.

  7. Irwin–Hall distribution - Wikipedia

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    In probability and statistics, the Irwin–Hall distribution, named after Joseph Oscar Irwin and Philip Hall, is a probability distribution for a random variable defined as the sum of a number of independent random variables, each having a uniform distribution. [1] For this reason it is also known as the uniform sum distribution.

  8. Exponential distribution - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and statistics, the exponential distribution or negative exponential distribution is the probability distribution of the distance between events in a Poisson point process, i.e., a process in which events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate; the distance parameter could be any meaningful mono-dimensional measure of the process, such as time ...

  9. Bernoulli process - Wikipedia

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    A Bernoulli process is a finite or infinite sequence of independent random variables X 1, X 2, X 3, ..., such that . for each i, the value of X i is either 0 or 1;; for all values of , the probability p that X i = 1 is the same.