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In this chapter we discuss a probabilistic model which can be used to describe the occurrences of unpredictable events, which do exhibit a certain amount of statistical regularity. Examples to keep in mind are the moments at which telephone calls are received in a call centre, the moments at which customers enter a particular shop, or the moments at which California is hit by an earthquake. We refer to an occurrence of such an unpredictable event simply as an occurrence.
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Meester, R. (2003). The Poisson Process. In: A Natural Introduction to Probability Theory. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7786-2_7
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