Surprises in Probability - Couverture souple

Tijms, Henk

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0367000431 ISBN 13 : 9780367000431

Editeur : Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2018

Synopsis

This book brings together a variety of probability applications through entertaining stories that will appeal to a broad readership. What are the best stopping rules for the dating problem? What can Bayes’ formula tell us about the chances of a Champions League draw for soccer teams being rigged? How could syndicates win millions of lottery dollars by buying a multitude of tickets at the right time? What’s the best way to manage your betting bankroll in a game in which you have an edge? How to use probability to debunk quacks and psychic mediums? How can the Monte Carlo simulation be used to solve a wide variety of probability problems? Are seven riffle shuffles of a standard deck of 52 playing cards enough for randomness?

• Provides seventeen engaging stories that illustrate ideas in probability.
• Written so as to be suitable for those with minimal mathematical background.
• Stories can be read independently.
• Can be used as examples and exercises for teaching introductory probability.

These questions and many more are addressed in seventeen short chapters that can be read independently. The engaging stories are instructive and demonstrate valuable probabilistic ideas. They offer students material that they most likely don’t learn in class, and offer teachers a new way of teaching their subject.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Henk Tijms is a Dutch Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics. He taught applied probability and stochastic optimization for more than 30 years, and has written several widely used textbooks on these subjects, including the 2017 text “Probability: A Lively Introduction”.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This book bundles together a variety of probability applications through entertaining stories that will appeal to a broad readership. What are the best stopping rules for the dating problem, and the devil's penny game? These questions and many others are addressed in seventeen short chapters that can be read independently. The engaging stories are instructive as well and demonstrate valuable probabilistic ideas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0367000431
• ISBN 13: 9780367000431
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 131
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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