TY - BOOK AU - Tijms,H.C. AU - Henk Tijms TI - Probability: a lively introduction SN - 9781108418744 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - QA273.2 .T55 2018 U1 - 519.2 23 PY - 2018/// CY - united kingdom PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Probabilities KW - Textbooks N1 - Includes index; 1. Foundations of probability theory; 2. Conditional probability; 3. Discrete random variables; 4. Continuous random variables; 5. Jointly distributed random variables; 6. Multivariate normal distribution; 7. Conditioning by random variables; 8. Generating functions; 9. Additional topics in probability; 10. Discrete-time Markov chains; 11. Continuous-time Markov chains N2 - Probability has applications in many areas of modern science, not to mention in our daily life. Its importance as a mathematical discipline cannot be overrated, and it is a fascinating and surprising topic in its own right . This engaging textbook with its easy-to-follow writing style provides a comprehensive, yet concise introduction to the subject. It covers all of the standard material for undergraduate and first-year-graduate-level courses as well as many topics that are usually not found in standard text - such as Bayesian inference, Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation, and Chernoff bounds ER -