SKEDSOFT

Six Sigma

Common probability distribution in simulation:

Density Function

Graph

Bernoulli distribution:

Generalized random

experiment of two

outcomes

Binomial distribution:

Number of successes in n

experiments (number of

defective items in a batch)

Poisson distribution:

                                                                            Stochastic arrival processes;

λ: average number of

arrivals per time unit

Geometric distribution:

P (x) = p (1-p)x

Number of failures before

a success in a series of

independent Bernoulli trials