Applied Probability

This is a "first course" in the sense that it presumes no previous course in probability. The mathematical prerequisites are ordinary calculus and the elements of matrix algebra. A few standard series and integrals are used, and double integrals are evaluated as iterated integrals. The rea...

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Main Author: Pfeiffer, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] OpenStax CNX [2009]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Preface
  • 2 Probability Systems
  • 3 Minterm Analysis
  • 4 Conditional Probability
  • 5 Independence of Events
  • 6 Conditional Independence
  • 7 Random Variables and Probabilities
  • 8 Distribution and Density Functions
  • 9 Random Vectors and joint Distributions
  • 10 Independent Classes of Random Variables
  • 11 Functions of Random Variables
  • 12 Mathematical Expectation
  • 13 Variance, Covariance, Linear Regression
  • 14 Transform Methods
  • 15 Conditional Expectation, Regression
  • 16 Random Selection
  • 17 Conditional Independence, Given a Random Vector
  • 18 Appendices