We present a method to obtain both exact values and sharp estimates for the total variation distance between binomial and Poisson distributions with the same mean λ. We give a simple efficient ...

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The Poisson distribution is widely used in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. In Bayesian inference, probability distributions often help solve problems that would otherwise be ...

Background The communication of injury risk in rugby and other sports is underdeveloped and parents, children and coaches need to be better informed about risk. Method A Poisson distribution was used ...