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...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press ,
2012
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Probability questions
- 2. The 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
- 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