Gaussian distribution in anomoly detection

The probability is the outcome when you integrate mathematically over the probability density function (PDF). As you pointed out, taking only a point of this PDF does not really make sense since you cannot really interpret a single point here in a reasonable way (besides to be a literally infinitesimal small intervalโ€ฆ as you pointed out, too!).

But if you integrate over a defined interval of the PDF you can derive a tangible probability, which you can interpret, e.g. in the example of an ROC analysis or when evaluating false positives etc., see also:

Please let me know if this helps, @Numair!

Best regards
Christian

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