ALL meanings of exponential distribution
- noun exponential distribution a continuous single-parameter distribution used esp when making statements about the length of life of certain materials or waiting times between randomly occurring events. Its density function is p(x) = λe–λx for positive λ and nonnegative x, and it is a special case of the gamma distribution 0
- noun exponential distribution (statistics) a class of continuous probability distributions often used to model the time between events that happen at a constant average rate. 0