probability distribution

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Their analysis showed that the resulting probability distribution did not align with the intended target and revealed extra noise in the experiment that had not been evaluated before.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

This is then used to generate a probability distribution function which consists of all the feasible and infeasible solutions that are within the constraints of the COP.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

Altogether, the words can be represented as a probability distribution.

From Scientific American • Jun. 15, 2023

It comes from constructing what’s called a probability distribution, and requires some basic grade-school statistics.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

Equally, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle implies that particles behave in some respects like waves: they do not have a definite position but are “smeared out” with a certain probability distribution.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking