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First Course in Probability, A, 7/E
Sheldon Ross

ISBN-10: 0131856626
ISBN-13:  9780131856622

Publisher:  Pearson
Copyright:  2006
Format:  Cloth; 576 pp
Published:  05/18/2005


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For upper-level or undergraduate/graduate level introduction to probability for math, science, engineering, and business students with a background in elementary calculus.

This highly successful text is written as an elementary introduction to the mathematical theory of probability for students in mathematics, engineering, and the sciences who possess the prerequisite knowledge of elementary calculus.


Features

• Strong Intuitive treatment of probability – Intuitive explanations follow many examples.

 

• The most extensive exercise sets available with a wide variety and levels of problems.

 

• Probability Models – Available online at www.prenhall.com/ross.

 

 


New To This Edition

• New examples and exercises throughout:

— For example,another case where e makes a surprising appearance, and an example that shows that the length of the longest run when tossing a fair coin n times will be close to the logarithm, base 2, of n.

 

• A new section (7.3) that presents an elegant way of computing the moments of random variables defined as the number of events that occur. Applications to binomial, hypergeometric, and negative hypergeometric random variables, as well as random variables resulting from coupon collecting and match models, are given.

 

• Additional results on:

—Inclusion-exclusion identity;

—Poisson paradigm;

—Multinomial distribution;

—Vicariate normal distribution.

 


Table of Contents

 1. Combinatorial Analysis.

 2. Axioms of Probability.

 3. Conditional Probability and Independence.

 4. Random Variables.

 5. Continuous Random Variables.

 6. Jointly Distributed Random Variables.

 7. Properties of Expectation.

 8. Limit Theorems.

 9. Additional Topics in Probability.

10. Simulation.

Appendix A. Answers to Selected Problems.

Appendix B. Solutions to Self-Test Problems and Exercises.

Index.


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