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Event


An event is a certain subset of a probability space. Events are therefore collections of outcomes on which probabilities have been assigned. Events are sometimes assumed to form a Borel field (Papoulis 1984, p. 29).


See also

Experiment, Independent Events, Mutually Exclusive Events, Outcome, Trial

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References

Papoulis, A. Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 24 and 29-30, 1984.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Event." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Event.html

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