Bernoulli distribution
There are exactly two possible durations tied to a binary outcome.
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Shape previewChooses the success duration with the configured probability; otherwise it uses the failure duration. Success probability 75%.
Relative probabilityDuration (seconds)
- failure
- 9 s
- success
- 2 s
- Use when
- There are exactly two possible durations tied to a binary outcome.
- Avoid when
- There are more than two meaningful outcomes or continuous variation within them.
- Support
- Exactly two configured outcomes.
- Parameters
- Probability of one outcome plus the values associated with success and failure.
- Common mistake
- Using one Bernoulli draw to hide continuous variation that still exists inside each outcome class.
- Example
- 75% of checks finish quickly; 25% require a longer exception path.