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  2. Expected value - Wikipedia

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    According to this definition, E[X] exists and is finite if and only if E[X +] and E[X −] are both finite. Due to the formula |X| = X + + X −, this is the case if and only if E|X| is finite, and this is equivalent to the absolute convergence conditions in the definitions above. As such, the present considerations do not define finite ...

  3. Shannon–Fano–Elias coding - Wikipedia

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    Given a discrete random variable X of ordered values to be encoded, let () be the probability for any x in X.Define a function ¯ = < + Algorithm: For each x in X, Let Z be the binary expansion of ¯ ().

  4. Factorial moment generating function - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and statistics, the factorial moment generating function (FMGF) of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable X is defined as = ⁡ [] for all complex numbers t for which this expected value exists.

  5. Probability-generating function - Wikipedia

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    The probability generating function of an almost surely constant random variable, i.e. one with (=) = and () = is G ( z ) = z c . {\displaystyle G(z)=z^{c}.} The probability generating function of a binomial random variable , the number of successes in n {\displaystyle n} trials, with probability p {\displaystyle p} of success in each trial, is

  6. Second moment method - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the second moment method is a technique used in probability theory and analysis to show that a random variable has positive probability of being positive. More generally, the "moment method" consists of bounding the probability that a random variable fluctuates far from its mean, by using its moments. [1]

  7. Binomial distribution - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and statistics, the binomial distribution with parameters n and p is the discrete probability distribution of the number of successes in a sequence of n independent experiments, each asking a yes–no question, and each with its own Boolean-valued outcome: success (with probability p) or failure (with probability q = 1 − p).

  8. Estimation of distribution algorithm - Wikipedia

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    For example, if the population is represented by bit strings of length 4, the EDA can represent the population of promising solution using a single vector of four probabilities (p1, p2, p3, p4) where each component of p defines the probability of that position being a 1. Using this probability vector it is possible to create an arbitrary number ...

  9. 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 ...