poisslike
Poisson negative log-likelihood
📝Syntax
nlogL = poisslike(lambda, x)
[nlogL, avar] = poisslike(lambda, x)
📥Input Arguments
Parameter Description
lambda nonnegative scalar: Poisson rate parameter.
x nonnegative integer finite real nonempty array: sample counts.
📤Output Arguments
Parameter Description
nlogL scalar: negative log-likelihood.
avar scalar: asymptotic variance estimate.
📄Description

poisslike returns the negative log-likelihood for Poisson distribution data and the asymptotic variance estimate.

💡Examples
x = [0 1 2 3 5 8];
[nlogL, avar] = poisslike(3, x);
🔗See Also
poissfitpoisspdfpoisscdf
🕔Version History
Version Description
2.0.0 initial version
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