numeric distribution

Numeric distribution measures a firm's ability to convey a product to its customers in terms of total number of outlets carrying the brand.

Network and protocol parameters are given in terms of numeric distributions (fixed or probabilistic), which can be replaced without recompilation.

Typical measures of distribution strength include numeric distribution, ACV (%), and PCV (%).

Good numeric distribution: If the formula is producing random numbers between 0 and 9, the number of zeros, ones, twos, etc. that it produces should be roughly equal over a long period of time.

Numeric distribution is based on the number of outlets that carry a product (that is, outlets that list at least one of the product's stock-keeping units, or SKUs).

To calculate numeric distribution, marketers divide the number of stores that stock at least one SKU of a product or brand by the number of outlets in the relevant market:

This extensive use of numeric distributions combined to the extendible framework structure allow an abstract experiment to evolve into a detailed one by progressively increasing the level of detail and sources of non-determinism of the constituting blocks.