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diff --git a/man/lossdistrib.Rd b/man/lossdistrib.Rd index 3479628..7af12d4 100644 --- a/man/lossdistrib.Rd +++ b/man/lossdistrib.Rd @@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ lossdistrib(p) \item{p}{Numeric vector, the vector of success probabilities} } \value{ -A vector q such that q[k]=P(S=k) +A vector q such that \eqn{q_k=\Pr(S=k)} } \description{ \code{lossdistrib} computes the probability distribution of a sum of independent Bernouilli variables with unequal probabilities. } \details{ -This uses the basic recursive algorithm of Andersen, Sidenius and Basu -We compute the probability distribution of S = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i -where X_i is Bernouilli(p_i) +We compute the probability distribution of \eqn{S = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i} +where \eqn{X_i} is Bernouilli(\eqn{p_i}). This uses the simple recursive +algorithm of Andersen, Sidenius and Basu } |