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Probability models John Haigh
Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics (R0) eBooks 2013 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haigh, John, 1955-
- Series:
- Springer undergraduate mathematics series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Probabilities.
- Probability.
- probability.
- Medical Subjects:
- Probability.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London New York Springer ©2013
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The purpose of this book is to provide a sound introduction to the study of real-world phenomena that possess random variation. It describes how to set up and analyse models of real-life phenomena that involve elements of chance. Motivation comes from everyday experiences of probability, such as that of a dice or cards, the idea of fairness in games of chance, and the random ways in which, say, birthdays are shared or particular events arise. Applications include branching processes, random walks, Markov chains, queues, renewal theory, and Brownian motion. This popular second edition textbook contains many worked examples and several chapters have been updated and expanded. Some mathematical knowledge is assumed. The reader should have the ability to work with unions, intersections and complements of sets; a good facility with calculus, including integration, sequences and series; and appreciation of the logical development of an argument. Probability Models is designed to aid students studying probability as part of an undergraduate course on mathematics or mathematics and statistics
- Contents:
- Probability Spaces
- Conditional Probability and Independence
- Common Probability Distributions
- Random Variables
- Sums of Random Variables
- Convergence and Limit Theorems
- Stochastic Processes in Discrete Time
- Stochastic Processes in Continuous Time
- Appendix: Common Distributions and Mathematical Facts
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 11, 2013)
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9781447153436
- 144715343X
- 1447153421
- 9781447153429
- OCLC:
- 852502827
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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