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Theory of probability : a critical introductory treatment / Bruno De Finetti ; translated by Antonio Machi, Adrian Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Finetti, Bruno, author.
- Series:
- Wiley series in probability and statistics.
- THEi Wiley ebooks.
- Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
- THEi Wiley ebooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Probabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (599 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley, 2017.
- System Details:
- Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).
- Summary:
- First issued in translation as a two-volume work in 1975, this classic book provides the first complete development of the theory of probability from a subjectivist viewpoint. It proceeds from a detailed discussion of the philosophical mathematical aspects to a detailed mathematical treatment of probability and statistics. De Finetti's theory of probability is one of the foundations of Bayesian theory. De Finetti stated that probability is nothing but a subjective analysis of the likelihood that something will happen and that that probability does not exist outside the mind. It is the rate at which a person is willing to bet on something happening. This view is directly opposed to the classicist/ frequentist view of the likelihood of a particular outcome of an event, which assumes that the same event could be identically repeated many times over, and the 'probability' of a particular outcome has to do with the fraction of the time that outcome results from the repeated trials.
- Contents:
- Concerning certainty and uncertainty
- Prevision and probability
- Conditional prevision and probability
- The evaluation of probabilities
- Distributions
- A preliminary survey
- Random processes with independent increments
- An introduction to other types of
- Stochastic process
- Problems in higher dimensions
- Inductive reasoning; statistical inference
- Mathematical statistics.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781119286295
- 1119286298
- 9781119286387
- 1119286387
- OCLC:
- 961266559
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