Henk Tijms (Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit)

Understanding Probability

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Perfect for introductory probability courses and for self-study, this book demystifies much of probability theory, including betting systems and the central limit theorem. This third edition contains even more exercises and examples, plus new sections on Bayesian inference, Markov chain Monte-Carlo simulation, hitting probabilities in random walks and Brownian motion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 574
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9781107658561
• ISBN-10: 110765856X
• Artikelnr.: 35579930

Autorenporträt

Henk Tijms is Emeritus Professor at Vrije University in Amsterdam. He is the author of several textbooks and numerous papers on applied probability and stochastic optimization. In 2008 Henk Tijms received the prestigious INFORMS Expository Writing Award for his publications and books.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I. Probability in Action: 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
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
Counting methods and ex
Recommended reading
Answers to odd-numbered problems
Bibliography
Index.