Introduction to Probability - Hardcover

George Roussas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128000414 ISBN 13: 9780128000410

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Introduction to Probability, Second Edition, is written for students in statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science, operations research, actuarial science, biological sciences, economics, physics, and some of the social sciences with a background in a year-long elementary calculus, taking upper level or graduate level introduction to probability courses. Roussas utilizes his trademark clarity and economy of expression to elucidate important concepts of probability, while providing a plethora of useful examples and exercises of real world applications for students to consider. It includes text, examples, and graphical illustrations - where appropriate - to motivate the reader, and also demonstrate the applicability of probability in a great variety of human activities. It provides a mathematically relatively rigorous, yet accessible and always within the prescribed prerequisites, discussion of probability theory, important to students of all disciplines cited above. Each section provides relevant proofs and is followed by exercises and hints, providing useful clues to the solutions. It answers to even-numbered exercises are provided and detailed answers to all exercises are available to instructors on the book companion site.

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Review:

This one-semester basic probability textbook is written for students in mathematics, physics, engineering, statistics, actuarial science, operations research, and computer science with a background in elementary calculus taking upper level or graduate level introduction to probability courses.

About the Author:

George G. Roussas received his B.A. in Mathematics at the University of Athens, Greece, and his Ph.D. in Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Roussas is currently Professor and Associate Dean of Statistics at the University of California, Davis. His teaching career began at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Then he was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Patras, Greece, and also served as the Dean of the College of Sciences and as Chancellor of that University. At the University of Crete, Greece, Roussas served as Vice President of Academic Affairs. Roussas has published several books, and had more than 65 research papers published in refereed journals. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the American Statistical Association, and the Royal Statistical Society, and is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. Finally, Roussas is the Associate Editor of two journals, Statistics and Probability Letters, and Nonparametric Statistics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0128000414
• ISBN 13: 9780128000410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 546