Title Statements
- Full title :Probably not : Future prediction using probability and statistical inference / Lawrence N. Dworsky.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2020
- Edition:Second edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Wiley
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (XIII, 333 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- oclc:on1322858930
- LC Classification:QA279.2
- Dewey Decimal:519.2/87
Table of Contents
Introduction -- An introduction to probability -- Probability distribution functions and some math basics -- Building a bell -- Random walks -- Life insurance -- The binomial theorem -- Pseudorandom numbers and Monte-Carlo simulations -- Some gambling games in detail -- Scheduling and waiting -- Combined and conditional probabilities -- Bayesian statistics -- Estimation problems -- Paradoxes -- Benford's law -- Networks, infectious diseases and chain letters -- Introduction to frequentist statistical inference -- Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics -- Chaos and quanta -- Appendix.
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