Elementary Applications of Probability Theory - Hardcover

Tuckwell, Henry C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0412304805 ISBN 13: 9780412304804

Publisher: Chapman and Hall, 1988

Synopsis

This book provides a clear and straightforward introduction to applications of probability theory with examples given in the biological sciences and engineering.

The first chapter contains a summary of basic probability theory. Chapters two to five deal with random variables and their applications. Topics covered include geometric probability, estimation of animal and plant populations, reliability theory and computer simulation. Chapter six contains a lucid account of the convergence of sequences of random variables, with emphasis on the central limit theorem and the weak law of numbers. The next four chapters introduce random processes, including random walks and Markov chains illustrated by examples in population genetics and population growth.

This edition also includes two chapters which introduce, in a manifestly readable fashion, the topic of stochastic differential equations and their applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0412304805
• ISBN 13: 9780412304804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240