Probability: The Science of Uncertainty- with Applications to Investments, Insurance, and Engineering (Record no. 39932)
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| fixed length control field | 02540nam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780534366032 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0534366031 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 519.2 |
| Item number | BEA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Bean,Michael A. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Probability: The Science of Uncertainty- with Applications to Investments, Insurance, and Engineering |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Australia ; |
| -- | Pacific Grove, CA : |
| Name of publisher | Brooks/Cole, |
| Year of publication | ©2001. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiii, 448 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Brooks/Cole series in advanced mathmatics. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | What Is Probability? --<br/>How Is Uncertainty Quantified? --<br/>Probability in Engineering and the Sciences --<br/>What Is Actuarial Science? --<br/>What Is Financial Engineering? --<br/>Interpretations of Probability --<br/>Probability Modeling in Practice --<br/>Outline of This Book --<br/>A Survey of Some Basic Concepts Through Examples --<br/>Payoff in a Simple Game --<br/>Choosing Between Payoffs --<br/>Future Lifetimes --<br/>Simple and Compound Growth --<br/>Classical Probability --<br/>The Formal Language of Classical Probability --<br/>Conditional Probability --<br/>The Law of Total Probability --<br/>Bayes' Theorem --<br/>Appendix on Sets, Combinatorics, and Basic Probability Rules --<br/>Random Variables and Probability Distributions --<br/>Definitions and Basic Properties --<br/>What Is a Random Variable? --<br/>What Is a Probability Distribution? --<br/>Types of Distributions --<br/>Probability Mass Functions --<br/>Probability Density Functions --<br/>Mixed Distributions --<br/>Equality and Equivalence of Random Variables --<br/>Random Vectors and Bivariate Distributions --<br/>Dependence and Independence of Random Variables --<br/>The Law of Total Probability and Bayes' Theorem (Distributional Forms) --<br/>Arithmetic Operations on Random Variables --<br/>The Difference Between Sums and Mixtures --<br/>Statistical Measures of Expectation, Variation, and Risk --<br/>Expectation --<br/>Deviation from Expectation --<br/>Higher Moments --<br/>Alternative Ways of Specifying Probability Distributions --<br/>Moment and Cumulant Generating Functions --<br/>Survival and Hazard Functions --<br/>Appendix on Generalized Density Functions (Optional) --<br/>Special Discrete Distributions. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This textbook for a one-semester course in probability covers combinatorial probability theory based on sets and counting, random variables and probability distribution, special discrete and continuous distributions, and transformations of random variables. A separate chapter provides four extended examples that apply many of the key concepts. Anno |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Probabilities. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 13/11/2008 | Purchased | 1000.00 | 519.2 BEA | 011341 | Reference Books |