Probability: a lively introduction
Probability has applications in many areas of modern science, not to mention in our daily life. Its importance as a mathematical discipline cannot be overrated, and it is a fascinating and surprising topic in its own right . This engaging textbook with its easy-to-follow writing style provides a comprehensive, yet concise introduction to the subject. It covers all of the standard material for undergraduate and first-year-graduate-level courses as well as many topics that are usually not found i…
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- Full title :Probability : a lively introduction / Henk Tijms.
Summary
Probability has applications in many areas of modern science, not to mention in our daily life. Its importance as a mathematical discipline cannot be overrated, and it is a fascinating and surprising topic in its own right . This engaging textbook with its easy-to-follow writing style provides a comprehensive, yet concise introduction to the subject. It covers all of the standard material for undergraduate and first-year-graduate-level courses as well as many topics that are usually not found in standard text - such as Bayesian inference, Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation, and Chernoff bounds.
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- Publication Date:© 2018
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:© 2018
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Erschienen: 2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:X, 535 Seiten.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781108418744, 1108418740, 9781108407847, 1108407846
- oclc:on1039138546
- Dewey Decimal:519.2
Table of Contents
Foundations of probability theory -- Conditional probability -- Discrete random variables -- Continuous random variables -- Jointly distributed random variables -- Multivariate normal distribution -- Conditioning by random variables -- Generating functions -- Additional topics in probability -- Discrete-time Markov chains -- Continuous-time Markov chains.
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