Probability With a View Towards Statistics, Volume I: 001 (Chapman & Hall/CRC Probability Series) - Hardcover

Book 1 of 2: Chapman & Hall/CRC Probability

Hoffman-Jorgensen, J.

 
9780412052217: Probability With a View Towards Statistics, Volume I: 001 (Chapman & Hall/CRC Probability Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0412052210 ISBN 13: 9780412052217
Publisher: Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

Volume I of this two-volume text and reference work begins by providing a foundation in measure and integration theory. It then offers a systematic introduction to probability theory, and in particular, those parts that are used in statistics. This volume discusses the law of large numbers for independent and non-independent random variables, transforms, special distributions, convergence in law, the central limit theorem for normal and infinitely divisible laws, conditional expectations and martingales. Unusual topics include the uniqueness and convergence theorem for general transforms with characteristic functions, Laplace transforms, moment transforms and generating functions as special examples. The text contains substantive applications, e.g., epidemic models, the ballot problem, stock market models and water reservoir models, and discussion of the historical background. The exercise sets contain a variety of problems ranging from simple exercises to extensions of the theory.

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J. Hoffman-Jorgensen

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0412052210
ISBN 13 
9780412052217
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
630