---
tag: 0MTNR28K60
kind: concept
name: Poisson point process
aliases: [poisson-process]
msc: [60G55]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_point_process
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q1145117
  wikipedia: Poisson point process
---

## Summary

A Poisson point process is a random set of points in which the numbers of points in disjoint regions are independent Poisson random variables. On the time axis, it models events that occur at random times with a constant rate.
The node [[Poisson point process|05TG0SE4HT]] gives the precise definition of the homogeneous process on $[0, \infty)$.