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title: "Mode"
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The mode is the output value that is most likely to occur.


For a discrete output, this is the value with the greatest observed frequency:

![image](media://8cb84da5-239d-4ee0-ac66-ca0321433129)


For a continuous distribution output, the mode is determined by the point at which the gradient of the cumulative distribution of the model output generated values is at its maximum: 


![image](media://efc18bba-927d-41ff-879f-7b8ead420b7b)



The estimate of the mode is quite imprecise if a risk analysis output is continuous or if it is discrete and the two (or more) most likely values have similar probabilities.


![image](media://71ec4df4-805f-494f-9194-825f6721fbd9)



In fact the mode is of no practical value in the assessment of most risk analysis results and since it is difficult to determine precisely, it should generally be ignored.




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