AI engineering glossary · Probability
What is mutually exclusive events?
Mutually exclusive events (also called Disjoint events): Events that cannot happen at the same time, because they share no outcomes. If one occurs, the other is ruled out. For such events the probability that either occurs is simply the sum of their probabilities.
Mutually exclusive events: an example
On a single die roll, 'roll a 2' and 'roll a 5' are mutually exclusive. P(2 or 5) = 1/6 + 1/6 = 1/3.
Related terms
More Probability terms
- Normal distribution
- Outcome
- Partition
- Percentile
- Permutation
- Poisson distribution
- Poisson process
- Population
Where you learn it
Mutually exclusive events is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.