The approximation of a Poisson distribution by a Gaussian distribution

1 September 1970

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE

Vol. 58 (9) , 1374-1375
https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1970.7939

Abstract

This letter describes a modified Gaussian approximation to a Poisson distribution which, unlike the usual Gaussian approximation, gives good agreement on the tails of the distribution. It is therefore useful in error-rate calculations where the usual Gaussian approximation often is not.

Keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION
SPECTROSCOPY
TIMING
FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS
FILTERS
SIGNAL ANALYSIS
TRANSFER FUNCTIONS
FOURIER TRANSFORMS
OPTICAL MODULATION
OPTICAL NOISE

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