Main Title |
An introduction to probability theory and its applications / |
Author |
Feller, William,
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Publisher |
Wiley, |
Year Published |
1950 |
OCLC Number |
00853648 |
Subjects |
Probabilities ;
Waarschijnlijkheidstheorie ;
Probabilidade (Estatistica) ;
Probabilidade E Estatistica ;
Fundamentos E Calculo (Probabilidade) ;
Probabilitš ;
Probability
|
Additional Subjects |
Probabilities
|
Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHAM |
QA273.F37 |
1950 |
Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
01/01/1988 |
EKBM |
QA273.F37 1966 |
v.2 only |
Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
11/28/2016 |
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Collation |
2 volumes : diagrams ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Vol. 2 has series: Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics. Includes index. Bibliographical footnotes. "Some books on cagnate subjects": v. 2, p. 615-616. |
Contents Notes |
vol. I. The sample space -- Elements of combinatorial analysis. Stirling's formula -- The simplest occupancy and ordering problems -- Combination of events -- Conditional probability. Statistical independence -- The binomial and the Poisson distributions -- The normal approximation to the binomial distribution -- Unlimited sequences of Bernoulli trials -- Random variables; expectation -- Laws of large numbers -- Integral valued variables. Generating functions -- Recurrent events: theory -- Recurrent events: applications to runs and renewal theory -- Random walk and ruin problems -- Markov chains -- Algebraic treatment of finite Markov chains -- The simplest time-dependent stochastic processes -- vol. II. The exponential and the uniform densities -- Special densities. Randomization -- Densities in higher dimensions. Normal densities and processes -- Probability measures and spaces -- Probability distributions in R[superscript r] -- A survey of some important distributions and processes -- Laws of large numbers. Applications in analysis -- The basic limit theorems -- Infinitely divisible distributions and semi-groups -- Markov processes and semi-groups -- Renewal theory -- Random walks in R1 -- Laplace transforms. Tauberian theorems. Resolvents -- Applications of Laplace transforms -- Characteristic functions -- Expansions related to the central limit theorem -- Infinitely divisible distributions -- Applications of Fourier methods to random walks -- Harmonic analysis. |
Place Published |
New York |
Access Notes |
Also issued online. |
Title Ser Add Ent |
Wiley mathematical statistics series. |
PUB Date Free Form |
1950-66 |
Series Title Traced |
Wiley mathematical statistics series |
Series Title Untraced |
Wiley mathematical statistics series |
BIB Level |
m |
Document Type |
BC |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
50008529 |
Merged OCLC records |
10414954; 829815192; 867448731; 896583963 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20161121091539 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
03559cam 22005291i 45010 |