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Understanding probability /
"Understanding Probability is a unique and stimulating approach to a first course in probability. The first part of the book demystifies probability and uses many wonderful probability applications from everyday life to help the reader develop a feel for probabilities. The second part, covering...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Probability in Action: 1. Probability questions
- 2. Law of large numbers and simulation
- 3. Probabilities in everyday life
- 4. Rare events and lotteries
- 5. Probability and statistics
- 6. Chance trees and Bayes' rule
- Part II. Essentials of Probability: 7. Foundations of probability theory
- 8. Conditional probability and Bayes
- 9. Basic rules for discrete random variables
- 10. Continuous random variables
- 11. Jointly distributed random variables
- 12. Multivariate normal distribution
- 13. Conditioning by random variables
- 14. Generating functions
- 15. Discrete-time Markov chains
- 16. Continuous-time Markov chains
- Appendix
- Recommended reading
- Answers to odd-numbered problems.