% -*- texinfo -*- % @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{m}, @var{v}] =} poisstat (@var{lambda}) % Compute mean and variance of the Poisson distribution. % % @subheading Arguments % % @itemize @bullet % @item % @var{lambda} is the parameter of the Poisson distribution. The % elements of @var{lambda} must be positive % @end itemize % % @subheading Return values % % @itemize @bullet % @item % @var{m} is the mean of the Poisson distribution % % @item % @var{v} is the variance of the Poisson distribution % @end itemize % % @subheading Example % % @example % @group % lambda = 1 ./ (1:6); % [m, v] = poisstat (lambda) % @end group % @end example % % @subheading References % % @enumerate % @item % Wendy L. Martinez and Angel R. Martinez. @cite{Computational Statistics % Handbook with MATLAB}. Appendix E, pages 547-557, Chapman & Hall/CRC, % 2001. % % @item % Athanasios Papoulis. @cite{Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic % Processes}. McGraw-Hill, New York, second edition, 1984. % @end enumerate % @end deftypefn