Poisson Disk Sampling/Distribution
23 Oct 2020

The Poisson distribution, named after French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson, is a discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of points occurring on a canvas or plane if these points are placed with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last point.

There are many algorithms to generate Poisson Distribution. Below are two algorithms, Mitchell's Best Candidate and Bridsons Algorithm, to generate the distributions. We made a video of both these distribution methods on our channel.

The algorithm and the coding of the two alorithms is discussed in detail in the podcast.

Mitchell's Best Candidte Algorithm Bridsons Algorithm

Javascript Demos ▼

Here's a bunch of javascript... things I wrote over the years whenever time permitted.