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Compound Poisson distribution
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Probability_theory/mFBn51rE">probability theory</a>, a compound Poisson distribution is the <a href="/facts/Probability_distribution/EpsKKVRu">probability distribution</a> of the sum of a number of <a href="/facts/Independent_identically-distributed_random_variables/othIRaWt">independent identically-distributed random variables</a>, where the number of terms to be added is itself a <a href="/facts/Poisson_distribution/CvCzXkHr">Poisson-distributed</a> variable. The result can be either a <a href="/facts/Continuous_distribution/EpsKKVRu">continuous</a> or a <a href="/facts/Discrete_distribution/EpsKKVRu">discrete distribution</a>. </p>