import numpy as np
import math


def poisson_lambda_mle(d):
    """
    Computes the Maximum Likelihood Estimate for a given 1D training
    dataset from a Poisson distribution.
    
    """
    return sum(d) / len(d)

def likelihood_poisson(x, lam):
    """
    Computes the class-conditional probability for an univariate
    Poisson distribution
    
    """
    if x // 1 != x:
        likelihood = 0
    else:
        likelihood = math.e**(-lam) * lam**(x) / math.factorial(x)
    return likelihood


if __name__ == "__main__":

    # Plot Probability Density Function
    from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

    training_data = [0, 1, 1, 3, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 0, 1, 4]
    mle_poiss =  poisson_lambda_mle(training_data)
    true_param = 1.0

    x_range = np.arange(0, 5, 0.1)
    y_true = [likelihood_poisson(x, true_param) for x in x_range]
    y_mle = [likelihood_poisson(x, mle_poiss) for x in x_range]

    plt.figure(figsize=(10,8))
    plt.plot(x_range, y_true, lw=2, alpha=0.5, linestyle='--', label='true parameter ($\lambda={}$)'.format(true_param))
    plt.plot(x_range, y_mle, lw=2, alpha=0.5, label='MLE ($\lambda={}$)'.format(mle_poiss))
    plt.title('Poisson probability density function for the true and estimated parameters')
    plt.ylabel('p(x|theta)')
    plt.xlim([-1,5])
    plt.xlabel('random variable x')
    plt.legend()

    plt.show()

import numpy as np
import math


def poisson_lambda_mle(d):
    """
    Computes the Maximum Likelihood Estimate for a given 1D training
    dataset from a Poisson distribution.
    
    """
    return sum(d) / len(d)

def likelihood_poisson(x, lam):
    """
    Computes the class-conditional probability for an univariate
    Poisson distribution
    
    """
    if x // 1 != x:
        likelihood = 0
    else:
        likelihood = math.e**(-lam) * lam**(x) / math.factorial(x)
    return likelihood


if __name__ == "__main__":

    # Plot Probability Density Function
    from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

    training_data = [0, 1, 1, 3, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 0, 1, 4]
    mle_poiss =  poisson_lambda_mle(training_data)
    true_param = 1.0

    x_range = np.arange(0, 5, 0.1)
    y_true = [likelihood_poisson(x, true_param) for x in x_range]
    y_mle = [likelihood_poisson(x, mle_poiss) for x in x_range]

    plt.figure(figsize=(10,8))
    plt.plot(x_range, y_true, lw=2, alpha=0.5, linestyle='--', label='true parameter ($\lambda={}$)'.format(true_param))
    plt.plot(x_range, y_mle, lw=2, alpha=0.5, label='MLE ($\lambda={}$)'.format(mle_poiss))
    plt.title('Poisson probability density function for the true and estimated parameters')
    plt.ylabel('p(x|theta)')
    plt.xlim([-1,5])
    plt.xlabel('random variable x')
    plt.legend()

    plt.show()

Computes the Maximum Likelihood Estimate for a given 1D training     dataset from a Poisson distribution. Computes the class-conditional probability for an univariate     Poisson distribution # Plot Probability Density Function