Probability and statistics Books
Sports Publication A Textbook on Sports Statistics
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£999.99
ANE Books Probability and Numerical Methods
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£999.99
Editorial Tecnos Logica Simbolica Symbolical Logic Filosofia
Book SynopsisLa "lógica simbólica" es un instrumento que sirve de ayuda al ejercicio inteligente sel sentido común y a la práctica de la investigación científica y la reflexión filosófica. Forma parte del bagaje cultural del hombre del siglo XX, y el radi se sus aplicaciones comprende esferas tan diversas del saber como lamatemática, la lingüística, la informática, las ciencias naturales y sociales, la jurisprudencia y la filosofía. Este libro es una introducción a la lógica simbólica para personas de formación humanística. Su objetivo es facilitar a lectores que carezca de base matemática y científica, sin ayuda de profesor, un dominio de las técnicas modernas de deducción lógica, e introducir a los alumnos de humanidades en la compresión de las principales nociones teóricas que sirven de fundamento a la metodología de las ciencias educativas. A diferencia de la mayoría de manuales y tratados de lógica simbólica o matemática, esta obra toma también en consideración la lógica tradicional aristotéli
£999.99
Tusquets Editores Proceso Al Azar
Book SynopsisEste libro es el testimonio de un encuentro histórico celebrado a principios de noviembre de 1985 en el Teatro-Museo Dalí de Figueres. A partir de seis ponencias magistrales sobre el papel del azar en la ciencia, a cargo de otros tantos científicos en la vanguardia de las disciplinas fundamentales, el debate y la discusión de ideas alcanzó una temperatura que no se conseguía desde el congreso ?Determinism and Freedom? celebrado en Nueva York en el año 1958.Tras casi treinta años de aceleración científica (procesos irreversibles, cosmología, teoría de las catástrofes, inteligencia artificial, evolución biológica...), una audiencia expectante y diversa de científicos, filósofos y artistas, asistió a un candente replanteamiento del problema del azar y la necesidad, sin duda atraídos por la garantía que ofrece la ciencia en la simplicidad de sus sistemas y problemas. Pero la ciencia también comparte muchas fronteras con otras formas de conocimiento dedicadas a sistemas más complejos, más próximos a la naturaleza humana. Y cuando los conceptos científicos experimentan una de sus frecuentes revoluciones conviene revisar y discutir su impacto en las disciplinas vecinas. Así ha ocurrido con el azar. Es el azar un producto de nuestra ignorancia o un derecho intrínseco de la naturaleza? La convocatoria de Figueres removió investigaciones e ideologías, ciencias y creencias, resultados e intuiciones en torno al determinismo y la libertad. Fue, en verdad, un proceso al azar.
£999.99
Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A Problemas resueltos de econometra
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£28.04
Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A Fundamentos de probabilidad
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£35.26
Springer Verlag Data mining: Metodi e strategie
Book SynopsisIl libro nasce dall’esigenza di coniugare esperienze e capacità procedurali diverse provenienti da vari ambiti disciplinari, quali l’informatica e la statistica, al fine di ricercare ed individuare percorsi e relazioni legate alla conoscenza. In un contesto di business, la conoscenza scoperta può avere un valore strategico per le aziende perchè consente di aumentare i profitti, riducendo i costi oppure aumentando le entrate con il conseguente aumento del ROI. Il volume è rivolto sia a studenti universitari e ricercatori, che a professionisti e manager aziendali che vogliano approfondire gli aspetti algoritmici delle tecniche di Data mining: lo studio degli algoritmi e delle principali tecniche è essenziale per conoscere meglio come la tecnologia possa essere applicata ai diversi tipi di dati e quindi anche diverse problematiche di business. Il testo pone volutamente l’attenzione sugli aspetti procedurali e di calcolo della metodologia, differenziandosi dagli altri testi in italiano che inquadrano puramente il contesto statistico. Il materiale esposto può essere utile a quanti vogliano completare la loro formazione scientifica in questa disciplina. Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The aim of this book is to provide both researchers and students with an overview on the area … . the book is quite well written and most of the concepts are presented in a clear manner. Moreover, the sketches of the main algorithms, the examples spread throughout the book and the exercises proposed at the end of each chapter make the book a pleasant reading and a useful tool for students and for those interested in an overview of the data mining field.” (Luigi Palopoli, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1170, 2009)Table of ContentsIntroduzione.- Trattamento preliminare dei dati.- Misure di distanza e di similarità.- Cluster Analysis.- Metodi di classificazione.- Serie Temporali.- Analisi delle associazioni.- Analisi dei link.
£999.99
Springer Verlag Modelli Lineari Generalizzati
Book SynopsisIl volume fornisce un'introduzione a teoria e applicazioni dei modelli lineari generalizzati. Si presentano modelli di regressione per risposte continue, binarie, categoriali e di conteggio. Si offre anche un'introduzione ai modelli per risposte correlate. Utilizzando il software statistico R, vengono forniti gli strumenti per l'analisi dei dati tramite i diversi modelli parametrici e semiparametrici. Gli esempi con R alla fine di ciascun capitolo rappresentano una guida ad esercitazioni con il computer e richiedono una partecipazione attiva nello svolgere le analisi proposte. Numerosi esercizi concludono ogni capitolo. Il taglio adottato è funzionale ad approfondire in modo integrato aspetti teorici e applicativi. Unico nel suo genere, è rivolto agli studenti di Scienze Statistiche. Table of Contents1. Modelli lineari e lineari generalizzati.- 2. Modelli lineari generalizzati.- 3. Modelli per dati bancari.- 4. Modelli per risposte politomiche.- 5. Modelli per dati di conteggio.- 6. Quasi-verosimiglianza.- Modelli per risposte correlate.- A Dati utilizzati nel testo.- B Distribuzioni di probabilità.- C Eguaglianza tra stime OLS e GLS.- D Il metodo delta.- E Funzioni generatrici.- F Codice R per l’esempio 2.9.- G Equivalenza tra residui di Pearson e di devianza.- H Modelli per la sovradispersione: schema.
£999.99
Springer Verlag Probabilità, Statistica e Simulazione: Programmi applicativi scritti in R
Book SynopsisIl libro contiene in forma compatta il programma svolto negli insegnamenti introduttivi di Statistica e tratta alcuni argomenti indispensabili per l'attività di ricerca, come le tecniche di simulazione Monte Carlo, i metodi di inferenza statistica, di best fit e di analisi dei dati di laboratorio. Gli argomenti vengono sviluppati partendo dai fondamenti, evidenziandone gli aspetti applicativi, fino alla descrizione dettagliata di molti casi di particolare rilevanza in ambito scientifico e tecnico. Il testo è rivolto agli studenti universitari dei corsi ad indirizzo scientifico e a tutti quei ricercatori che devono risolvere problemi concreti che coinvolgono l’analisi dei dati e le tecniche di simulazione. In questa edizione, completamente rivista e corretta, sono stati aggiunti alcuni importanti argomenti sul test d’ipotesi (a cui è stato dedicato un capitolo interamente nuovo) e sul trattamento degli errori sistematici. Per la prima volta è stato adottato il software R, con una ricca libreria di programmi originali accessibile al lettore.Table of Contents1 La probabilità.- 2 Rappresentazione dei fenomeni aleatori.- 3 Calcolo elementare delle probabilità.- 4 Calcolo delle probabilità per più variabili.- 5 Funzioni di variabili aleatorie.- 6 Statistica di base: stime.- 7 Statistica di base: verifica di ipotesi.- 8 Il metodo Monte Carlo.- 9 Applicazioni del metodo Monte Carlo.- 10 Inferenza statistica e verosimiglianza.- 11 Minimi quadrati.- 12 Analisi dei dati sperimentali.
£999.99
Birkhauser Verlag AG Topics in stochastic processes
Book SynopsisThe notes are based on lectures on stochastic processes given at Scuola Normale Superiore in 1999 and 2000. Some new material was added and only selected, less standard results were presented. We did not include several applications to statistical mechanics and mathematical finance, covered in the lectures, as we hope to write part two of the notes devoted to applications of stochastic processes in modelling. The main themes of the notes are constructions of stochastic processes. We present different approaches to the existence question proposed by Kolmogorov, Wiener, Ito and Prohorov. Special attention is also paid to Levy processes. The lectures are basically self-contained and rely only on elementary measure theory and functional analysis. They might be used for more advanced courses on stochastic processes.
£999.99
Birkhauser Verlag AG Imperfections de marchés et méthodes d'evaluation
Book SynopsisThis book is taken from the lectures given at the ENSAE in March 1998 and at the Scuola Normale Superiore in May 1998. At the beginning of the 70's, the set of mathematical methods of finance were reduced to actuarial calculus. The modern approach uses the stochastic calculus theory and evidences the duality between problems of arbitrage and valorisation and a set of martingale probabilities.
£10.99
Atlantis Press (Zeger Karssen) Extreme Value Distributions
Book SynopsisThe aim of the book is to give a through account of the basic theory of extreme value distributions. The book cover a wide range of materials available to date. The central ideas and results of extreme value distributions are presented. The book rwill be useful o applied statisticians as well statisticians interrested to work in the area of extremen value distributions.vmonograph presents the central ideas and results of extreme value distributions.The monograph gives self-contained of theory and applications of extreme value distributions.Table of Contents1.Order Statistics.- 2.Record Statistics.- 3.Extreme Value Distribution.- 4.Inferences On Extreme Value Distributiion (Maximum).
£57.99
Amsterdam University Press Fact or Fluke?: A Critical Look at Statistical
Book SynopsisStatistics is more topical than ever. Numerous decisions depend on statistical considerations: just think of the Corona crisis or decisions about approving new drugs or other products. If researchers announce they have proved some fact using statistical tests, can we then always be sure that their claim is correct? How, and more importantly why, does statistics work? What can we expect from statistics and what not? 'Fact or Fluke?' is not a textbook that explains statistical tests to the reader; instead, it discusses what comes before those tests: the philosophy behind the statistics. Should one carry out tests, or are there other ways to look at statistics? Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten use a variety of examples – from court cases to theoretical physics – to present different views on statistics and provide arguments for what they think is the best point of view. This book is meant for anyone who is in some way concerned with, or interested in, statistical evidence: scientific researchers, students, teachers, mathematicians, philosophers, lawyers, managers, and no doubt many others.
£22.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Formation, Dynamics And Statistics Of Patterns
Book SynopsisPatterns are becoming the focal point of many areas of scientific endeavour in recent years owing to the progress of computer science, laboratory experiments and observations, and analytical tools. This book brings together articles by the leading experts in this field. The following topics are discussed in this volume: current status of pattern research with emphasis on real phenomena and new theoretical concepts; interdisciplinary subjects involving Statistical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Fluid Mechanics, Nonequilibrium and Nonlinear Phenomena.
£120.60
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Differential Games Of Pursuit
Book SynopsisThe classical optimal control theory deals with the determination of an optimal control that optimizes the criterion subjects to the dynamic constraint expressing the evolution of the system state under the influence of control variables. If this is extended to the case of multiple controllers (also called players) with different and sometimes conflicting optimization criteria (payoff function) it is possible to begin to explore differential games. Zero-sum differential games, also called differential games of pursuit, constitute the most developed part of differential games and are rigorously investigated. In this book, the full theory of differential games of pursuit with complete and partial information is developed. Numerous concrete pursuit-evasion games are solved (”life-line” games, simple pursuit games, etc.), and new time-consistent optimality principles in the n-person differential game theory are introduced and investigated.
£126.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Introduction To Stochastic Processes And
Book SynopsisThe purpose of this textbook is to bring together, in a self-contained introductory form, the scattered material in the field of stochastic processes and statistical physics. It offers the opportunity of being acquainted with stochastic, kinetic and nonequilibrium processes. Although the research techniques in these areas have become standard procedures, they are not usually taught in the normal courses on statistical physics. For students of physics in their last year and graduate students who wish to gain an invaluable introduction on the above subjects, this book is a necessary tool.Table of ContentsPart 1 Stochastic processes and the master equation: stochastic processes; Markovian processes; master equations; Kramers Moyal expansion; Brownian motion, Langevian and Fokker-Planck equations. Part 2 Distribution, BBGKY hierarchy, density operator: probability density as a fluid; BBGKY hierarchy; microscopic balance equations; density operator. Part 3 Linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics and onsager relations: onsager regretion to equilibrium hipotesis; onsager relations; minimum production of entropy. Part 4 Linear response theory, fluctuation-disipation theorem: correlation functions - definitions and properties; linear response theory; fluctuation-disipation theorem. Part 5 Instabilities and far from equilibrium phase-transitions: instabilities, bifurcations, limit circles; noise induced transitions; pattern formation - reaction-diffusion; pattern propagation.
£75.05
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Random Walks Of Infinitely Many Particles
Book SynopsisThe author's previous book, Random Walk in Random and Non-Random Environments, was devoted to the investigation of the Brownian motion of a simple particle. The present book studies the independent motions of infinitely many particles in the d-dimensional Euclidean space Rd. In Part I the particles at time t = 0 are distributed in Rd according to the law of a given random field and they execute independent random walks. Part II is devoted to branching random walks, i.e. to the case where the particles execute random motions and birth and death processes independently. Finally, in Part III, functional laws of iterated logarithms are proved for the cases of independent motions and branching processes.Table of ContentsPart 1 Random Walk of a random Field: Brownian Motion of a Poisson Field; Extreme Value Problems; Changing the Initial Process and the Motion. Part 2 Branching Random Walk: Branching Random Walk Starting with One Particle; Branching Random Walks of a Random Field; Branching Wiener Process Starting with One Particle; Critical Branching Random Walk Starting with One Particle; Critical Branching Random Walks of a Random Field; Multitype Branching Random Walk. Part 3 Strassen Type Theorems: Infinitely Many Independent Particles; Branching Random Walk.
£74.10
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Ruin Probabilities
Book SynopsisThe book is a comprehensive treatment of classical and modern ruin probability theory. Some of the topics are Lundberg's inequality, the Cramér-Lundberg approximation, exact solutions, other approximations (eg. for heavy-tailed claim size distributions), finite horizon ruin probabilities, extensions of the classical compound Poisson model to allow for reserve-dependent premiums, Markov-modulation or periodicity. Special features of the book are the emphasis on change of measure techniques, phase-type distributions as a computational vehicle and the connection to other applied probability areas like queueing theory.Trade Review"This book is a must for anybody working in applied probability. It is a comprehensive treatment of the known results on ruin probabilities?" Short Book Reviews "This is an excellent handbook on the risk theory and brilliant encyclopedia in ruin probabilities results. This book will be useful both for graduate students who deal with stochastic models in insurance mathematics, experts in risk processes and also for those specialists who apply the methods of risk theory in practice." Zentralblatt Maths., 2001Table of ContentsSome general tools and results; the compound Poisson model; premiums depending on the current reserve; the probability of ruin within finite time; renewal arrivals; risk theory in a Markovian environment; risk theory in a periodic environment; simulation methodology; miscellaneous topics. Appendices: phase-type distributions; selected background material.
£94.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Monte Carlo Methods For Applied Scientists
Book SynopsisThe Monte Carlo method is inherently parallel and the extensive and rapid development in parallel computers, computational clusters and grids has resulted in renewed and increasing interest in this method. At the same time there has been an expansion in the application areas and the method is now widely used in many important areas of science including nuclear and semiconductor physics, statistical mechanics and heat and mass transfer.This book attempts to bridge the gap between theory and practice concentrating on modern algorithmic implementation on parallel architecture machines. Although a suitable text for final year postgraduate mathematicians and computational scientists it is principally aimed at the applied scientists: only a small amount of mathematical knowledge is assumed and theorem proving is kept to a minimum, with the main focus being on parallel algorithms development often to applied industrial problems.A selection of algorithms developed both for serial and parallel machines are provided.
£114.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Green, Brown, And Probability
Book SynopsisThis volume shows modern probabilistic methods in action: Brownian Motion Process as applied to the electrical phenomena investigated by Green et al., beginning with the Newton-Coulomb potential and ending with solutions by first and last exits of Brownian paths from conductors.
£14.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Principles Of Statistical Inference From A
Book SynopsisIn this book, an integrated introduction to statistical inference is provided from a frequentist likelihood-based viewpoint. Classical results are presented together with recent developments, largely built upon ideas due to R.A. Fisher. The term “neo-Fisherian” highlights this.After a unified review of background material (statistical models, likelihood, data and model reduction, first-order asymptotics) and inference in the presence of nuisance parameters (including pseudo-likelihoods), a self-contained introduction is given to exponential families, exponential dispersion models, generalized linear models, and group families. Finally, basic results of higher-order asymptotics are introduced (index notation, asymptotic expansions for statistics and distributions, and major applications to likelihood inference).The emphasis is more on general concepts and methods than on regularity conditions. Many examples are given for specific statistical models. Each chapter is supplemented with problems and bibliographic notes. This volume can serve as a textbook in intermediate-level undergraduate and postgraduate courses in statistical inference.Table of ContentsStatistical models; data and model reduction; survey of basic concepts and techniques; survey of basic concepts and techniques; pseudo-likelihoods; exponential families; exponential dispersion families; group families; asymptotic methods; asymptotic expansions for statistics; asymptotic expansions for distributions; likelihood and higher-order asymptotics. Appendices: convergence of suns; extreme value theory; basic terminology; frequency-decision and Fisherian paradigms.
£80.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Statistics For Business And Financial Economics
Book SynopsisNewsProfessor Cheng-Few Lee ranks #1 based on his publications in the 26 core finance journals, and #163 based on publications in the 7 leading finance journals (Source: Most Prolific Authors in the Finance Literature: 1959-2008 by Jean L Heck and Philip L Cooley (Saint Joseph's University and Trinity University).This is an extensively revised edition of a popular statistics textbook for business and economics students. The first edition has been adopted by universities and colleges worldwide, including New York University, Carnegie Mellon University and UCLA.Designed for upper-level undergraduates, MBA and other graduate students, this book closely integrates various statistical techniques with concepts from business, economics and finance and clearly demonstrates the power of statistical methods in the real world of business. While maintaining the essence of the first edition, the new edition places more emphasis on finance, economics and accounting concepts with updated sample data. Students will find this book very accessible with its straightforward language, ample cases, examples, illustrations and real-life applications. The book is also useful for financial analysts and portfolio managers.Table of ContentsDescriptive statistics; probability and important distributions; statistical inferences based on samples; regression and correlation - relating two or more variables; selected topics in statistical analysis for business and economics.
£94.05
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Essentials Of Stochastic Finance: Facts, Models,
Book SynopsisThis important book provides information necessary for those dealing with stochastic calculus and pricing in the models of financial markets operating under uncertainty; introduces the reader to the main concepts, notions and results of stochastic financial mathematics; and develops applications of these results to various kinds of calculations required in financial engineering. It also answers the requests of teachers of financial mathematics and engineering by making a bias towards probabilistic and statistical ideas and the methods of stochastic calculus in the analysis of market risks.Table of ContentsPart 1 Facts. Part 2 Models: main concepts, structures and instruments; aims and problems of financial theory and financial engineering; stochastic models - discrete time; stochastic models - continuous time; statistical analysis of financial data. Part 3 Theory: theory of arbitrage in stochastic financial models - discrete time; theory of pricing in stochastic financial models - discrete time; theory of arbitrage in stochastic financial models - continuous time; theory of pricing in stochastic financial models - continuous time.
£243.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Topics In Nonlinear Time Series Analysis, With
Book SynopsisThis book provides a thorough review of a class of powerful algorithms for the numerical analysis of complex time series data which were obtained from dynamical systems. These algorithms are based on the concept of state space representations of the underlying dynamics, as introduced by nonlinear dynamics. In particular, current algorithms for state space reconstruction, correlation dimension estimation, testing for determinism and surrogate data testing are presented — algorithms which have been playing a central role in the investigation of deterministic chaos and related phenomena since 1980. Special emphasis is given to the much-disputed issue whether these algorithms can be successfully employed for the analysis of the human electroencephalogram.
£103.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fundamentals Of Statistical Mechanics: Manuscript
Book SynopsisThe 1952 Nobel physics laureate Felix Bloch (1905-83) was one of the titans of twentieth-century physics. He laid the fundamentals for the theory of solids and has been called the “father of solid-state physics.” His numerous, valuable contributions include the theory of magnetism, measurement of the magnetic moment of the neutron, nuclear magnetic resonance, and the infrared problem in quantum electrodynamics.Statistical mechanics is a crucial subject which explores the understanding of the physical behaviour of many-body systems that create the world around us. Bloch's first-year graduate course at Stanford University was the highlight for several generations of students. Upon his retirement, he worked on a book based on the course. Unfortunately, at the time of his death, the writing was incomplete.This book has been prepared by Professor John Dirk Walecka from Bloch's unfinished masterpiece. It also includes three sets of Bloch's handwritten lecture notes (dating from 1949, 1969 and 1976), and details of lecture notes taken in 1976 by Brian Serot, who gave an invaluable opinion of the course from a student's perspective. All of Bloch's problem sets, some dating back to 1933, have been included.The book is accessible to anyone in the physical sciences at the advanced undergraduate level or the first-year graduate level.Table of ContentsIntroduction and basic concepts; classical physics; the statistical ensemble; thermal equilibrium and the canonical distribution; applications of classical statistics; quantum statistics; applications of quantum statistics.
£57.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fundamentals Of Statistical Mechanics: Manuscript
Book SynopsisThe 1952 Nobel physics laureate Felix Bloch (1905-83) was one of the titans of twentieth-century physics. He laid the fundamentals for the theory of solids and has been called the “father of solid-state physics.” His numerous, valuable contributions include the theory of magnetism, measurement of the magnetic moment of the neutron, nuclear magnetic resonance, and the infrared problem in quantum electrodynamics.Statistical mechanics is a crucial subject which explores the understanding of the physical behaviour of many-body systems that create the world around us. Bloch's first-year graduate course at Stanford University was the highlight for several generations of students. Upon his retirement, he worked on a book based on the course. Unfortunately, at the time of his death, the writing was incomplete.This book has been prepared by Professor John Dirk Walecka from Bloch's unfinished masterpiece. It also includes three sets of Bloch's handwritten lecture notes (dating from 1949, 1969 and 1976), and details of lecture notes taken in 1976 by Brian Serot, who gave an invaluable opinion of the course from a student's perspective. All of Bloch's problem sets, some dating back to 1933, have been included.The book is accessible to anyone in the physical sciences at the advanced undergraduate level or the first-year graduate level.Table of ContentsIntroduction and basic concepts; classical physics; the statistical ensemble; thermal equilibrium and the canonical distribution; applications of classical statistics; quantum statistics; applications of quantum statistics.
£30.40
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Linear Models: An Integrated Approach
Book SynopsisLinear Models: An Integrated Approach aims to provide a clear and deep understanding of the general linear model using simple statistical ideas. Elegant geometric arguments are also invoked as needed and a review of vector spaces and matrices is provided to make the treatment self-contained. Complex, matrix-algebraic methods, such as those used in the rank-deficient case, are replaced by statistical proofs that are more transparent and that show the parallels with the simple linear model.This book has the following special features:Table of ContentsReview of Linear Algebra; Review of Statistical Results; Estimation in the Linear Model; Further Inference in the Linear Model; Analysis of Variance in Basic Designs; General Linear Model; Misspecified or Unknown Dispersion; Updates in the General Linear Model; Multivariate Linear Model; Linear Inference -- Other Perspectives.
£999.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Linear Models And Regression With R: An
Book SynopsisStarting with the basic linear model where the design and covariance matrices are of full rank, this book demonstrates how the same statistical ideas can be used to explore the more general linear model with rank-deficient design and/or covariance matrices. The unified treatment presented here provides a clearer understanding of the general linear model from a statistical perspective, thus avoiding the complex matrix-algebraic arguments that are often used in the rank-deficient case. Elegant geometric arguments are used as needed.The book has a very broad coverage, from illustrative practical examples in Regression and Analysis of Variance alongside their implementation using R, to providing comprehensive theory of the general linear model with 181 worked-out examples, 227 exercises with solutions, 152 exercises without solutions (so that they may be used as assignments in a course), and 320 up-to-date references.This completely updated and new edition of Linear Models: An Integrated Approach includes the following features:
£112.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Basic Probability: What Every Math Student Should
Book Synopsis'What makes this book unique among books of similar size and scope is that when the author decided to include something in the book, he has treated it in a way similar to the common practice in textbooks, with very detailed and reader-friendly explanations, fully worked-out examples, and even numerous exercises … There are no prerequisites beyond second-semester calculus and the book can be used for self-study as well as in the classroom.'CHOICEWritten by international award-winning probability expert Henk Tijms, Basic Probability: What Every Math Student Should Know presents the essentials of elementary probability. The book is primarily written for high school and college students learning about probability for the first time. In a highly accessible way, a modern treatment of the subject is given with emphasis on conditional probability and Bayesian probability, on striking applications of the Poisson distribution, and on the interface between probability and computer simulation.In modern society, it is important to be able to critically evaluate statements of a probabilistic nature presented in the media in order to make informed judgments. A basic knowledge of probability theory is indispensable to logical thinking and statistical literacy. The book provides this knowledge and illustrates it with numerous everyday situations.
£42.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Basic Probability: What Every Math Student Should
Book Synopsis'What makes this book unique among books of similar size and scope is that when the author decided to include something in the book, he has treated it in a way similar to the common practice in textbooks, with very detailed and reader-friendly explanations, fully worked-out examples, and even numerous exercises … There are no prerequisites beyond second-semester calculus and the book can be used for self-study as well as in the classroom.'CHOICEWritten by international award-winning probability expert Henk Tijms, Basic Probability: What Every Math Student Should Know presents the essentials of elementary probability. The book is primarily written for high school and college students learning about probability for the first time. In a highly accessible way, a modern treatment of the subject is given with emphasis on conditional probability and Bayesian probability, on striking applications of the Poisson distribution, and on the interface between probability and computer simulation.In modern society, it is important to be able to critically evaluate statements of a probabilistic nature presented in the media in order to make informed judgments. A basic knowledge of probability theory is indispensable to logical thinking and statistical literacy. The book provides this knowledge and illustrates it with numerous everyday situations.
£23.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Probability: Theory, Examples, Problems,
Book SynopsisA key pedagogical feature of the textbook is the accessible approach to probability concepts through examples with explanations and problems with solutions. The reader is encouraged to simulate in Matlab random experiments and to explore the theoretical aspects of the probabilistic models behind the studied experiments. By this appropriate balance between simulations and rigorous mathematical approach, the reader can experience the excitement of comprehending basic concepts and can develop the intuitive thinking in solving problems. The current textbook does not contain proofs for the stated theorems, but corresponding references are given. Moreover, the given Matlab codes and detailed solutions make the textbook accessible to researchers and undergraduate students, by learning various techniques from probability theory and its applications in other fields. This book is intended not only for students of mathematics but also for students of natural sciences, engineering, computer science and for science researchers, who possess the basic knowledge of calculus for the mathematical concepts of the textbook and elementary programming skills for the Matlab simulations.
£95.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Probability: Theory, Examples, Problems,
Book SynopsisA key pedagogical feature of the textbook is the accessible approach to probability concepts through examples with explanations and problems with solutions. The reader is encouraged to simulate in Matlab random experiments and to explore the theoretical aspects of the probabilistic models behind the studied experiments. By this appropriate balance between simulations and rigorous mathematical approach, the reader can experience the excitement of comprehending basic concepts and can develop the intuitive thinking in solving problems. The current textbook does not contain proofs for the stated theorems, but corresponding references are given. Moreover, the given Matlab codes and detailed solutions make the textbook accessible to researchers and undergraduate students, by learning various techniques from probability theory and its applications in other fields. This book is intended not only for students of mathematics but also for students of natural sciences, engineering, computer science and for science researchers, who possess the basic knowledge of calculus for the mathematical concepts of the textbook and elementary programming skills for the Matlab simulations.
£52.25
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Orthonormal Series Estimators
Book SynopsisThe approximation and the estimation of nonparametric functions by projections on an orthonormal basis of functions are useful in data analysis. This book presents series estimators defined by projections on bases of functions, they extend the estimators of densities to mixture models, deconvolution and inverse problems, to semi-parametric and nonparametric models for regressions, hazard functions and diffusions. They are estimated in the Hilbert spaces with respect to the distribution function of the regressors and their optimal rates of convergence are proved. Their mean square errors depend on the size of the basis which is consistently estimated by cross-validation. Wavelets estimators are defined and studied in the same models.The choice of the basis, with suitable parametrizations, and their estimation improve the existing methods and leads to applications to a wide class of models. The rates of convergence of the series estimators are the best among all nonparametric estimators with a great improvement in multidimensional models. Original methods are developed for the estimation in deconvolution and inverse problems. The asymptotic properties of test statistics based on the estimators are also established.
£85.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Hilbert And Banach Space-valued Stochastic Processes
Book SynopsisThis is a development of the book entitled Multidimensional Second Order Stochastic Processes. It provides a research expository treatment of infinite-dimensional stationary and nonstationary stochastic processes or time series, based on Hilbert and Banach space-valued second order random variables. Stochastic measures and scalar or operator bimeasures are fully discussed to develop integral representations of various classes of nonstationary processes such as harmonizable, V-bounded, Cramér and Karhunen classes as well as the stationary class. A new type of the Radon-Nikodým derivative of a Banach space-valued measure is introduced, together with Schauder basic measures, to study uniformly bounded linearly stationary processes.Emphasis is on the use of functional analysis and harmonic analysis as well as probability theory. Applications are made from the probabilistic and statistical points of view to prediction problems, Kalman filter, sampling theorems and strong laws of large numbers. Generalizations are made to consider Banach space-valued stochastic processes to include processes of pth order for p ≥ 1. Readers may find that the covariance kernel is always emphasized and reveals another aspect of stochastic processes.This book is intended not only for probabilists and statisticians, but also for functional analysts and communication engineers.Table of ContentsIntroduction and Preliminaries; Hilbert Modules and Covariance Kernels; Stochastic Measures and Operator Valued Bimeasures; Radon–Nikodým Derivatives and Schauder Basic Measures; Multidimensional Stochastic Processes; Special Topics; Applications; Generalizations;
£139.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Universal Theory For Strong Limit Theorems Of
Book SynopsisThis is the first book which the universal approach to strong laws of probability is discussed in. The universal theories are described for three important objects of probability theory: sums of independent random variables, processes with independent increments and renewal processes. Further generalizations are mentioned. Besides strong laws, large deviations are of independent interest. The case of infinite variations is considered as well. Readers can examine appropriate techniques and methods. Optimality of conditions is discussed.
£76.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Probability And Stochastic Processes: Work
Book SynopsisThe book is intended to undergraduate students, it presents exercices and problems with rigorous solutions covering the mains subject of the course with both theory and applications.The questions are solved using simple mathematical methods: Laplace and Fourier transforms provide direct proofs of the main convergence results for sequences of random variables.The book studies a large range of distribution functions for random variables and processes: Bernoulli, multinomial, exponential, Gamma, Beta, Dirichlet, Poisson, Gaussian, Chi2, ordered variables, survival distributions and processes, Markov chains and processes, Brownian motion and bridge, diffusions, spatial processes.
£76.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Probability And Stochastic Processes: Work
Book SynopsisThe book is intended to undergraduate students, it presents exercices and problems with rigorous solutions covering the mains subject of the course with both theory and applications.The questions are solved using simple mathematical methods: Laplace and Fourier transforms provide direct proofs of the main convergence results for sequences of random variables.The book studies a large range of distribution functions for random variables and processes: Bernoulli, multinomial, exponential, Gamma, Beta, Dirichlet, Poisson, Gaussian, Chi2, ordered variables, survival distributions and processes, Markov chains and processes, Brownian motion and bridge, diffusions, spatial processes.
£42.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Chance, Logic And Intuition: An Introduction To
Book SynopsisChance rules our daily lives in many different ways. From the outcomes of the lottery to the outcomes of medical tests, from the basketball court to the court of law. The ways of chance are capricious. Bizarre things happen all the time. Nevertheless, chance has a logic of its own. It obeys the rules of probability. But if you open a standard book on probability, you may very well feel far removed from everyday life. Abstract formulas and mathematical symbols stare back at you with almost every turn of the page.This book introduces you to the logic of chance without the use of mathematical formulas or symbols. In Part One, you will meet the fascinating pioneers of the mathematics of probability, including Galileo Galilei and Blaise Pascal. Their stories will introduce you, step by step, to the basics of probability. In Part Two, various examples in all areas of daily life will show you how chance defies our expectations time and again. But armed with the basic rules of probability and a good dose of inventiveness, you will be able to unravel the counter-intuitive logic of chance.Trade Review"This charming book discusses some of the most striking misconceptions about randomness, from antiquity to the current Covid-19 crisis."; Ted Hill; Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; Georgia Institute of Technology; "I am not aware of any previous attempt to write an introduction to probability with such a varied and detailed tour of the lives of its founding fathers, along with modern-day anecdotes."; John Haigh; Emeritus Reader in Statistics; University of Sussex; Author of Taking Chances;Table of ContentsIntroduction; The Birth of Probability: The Silence of Antiquity; Dice and Odds; The Mathematics of Chance; The Introduction of Probability; The Logic of Chance: The Capricious Ways of Chance; Amazing Coincidences; Test, Test, Test; Trials by Numbers; The Monty Hall Dilemma; Ten Challenging Problems; Solutions; Epilogue; Bibliography; List of Illustrations;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Linear Models And Regression With R: An
Book SynopsisStarting with the basic linear model where the design and covariance matrices are of full rank, this book demonstrates how the same statistical ideas can be used to explore the more general linear model with rank-deficient design and/or covariance matrices. The unified treatment presented here provides a clearer understanding of the general linear model from a statistical perspective, thus avoiding the complex matrix-algebraic arguments that are often used in the rank-deficient case. Elegant geometric arguments are used as needed.The book has a very broad coverage, from illustrative practical examples in Regression and Analysis of Variance alongside their implementation using R, to providing comprehensive theory of the general linear model with 181 worked-out examples, 227 exercises with solutions, 152 exercises without solutions (so that they may be used as assignments in a course), and 320 up-to-date references.This completely updated and new edition of Linear Models: An Integrated Approach includes the following features:Table of ContentsIntroduction; Regression and the Normal Distribution; Estimation in the Linear Model; Further Inference in the Linear Model; Model Building and Diagnostics in Regression; Analysis of Variance; General Linear Model; Misspecified or Unknown Dispersion; Updates in the General Linear Model; Multivariate Linear Model; Linear Inference — Other Perspectives;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Inequalities In Analysis And Probability (Third
Book SynopsisThe book introduces classical inequalities in vector and functional spaces with applications to probability. It develops new analytical inequalities, with sharper bounds and generalizations to the sum or the supremum of random variables, to martingales, to transformed Brownian motions and diffusions, to Markov and point processes, renewal, branching and shock processes.In this third edition, the inequalities for martingales are presented in two chapters for discrete and time-continuous local martingales with new results for the bound of the norms of a martingale by the norms of the predictable processes of its quadratic variations, for the norms of their supremum and their p-variations. More inequalities are also covered for the tail probabilities of Gaussian processes and for spatial processes.This book is well-suited for undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers in theoretical and applied mathematics.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Unbounded Experience In Random Walks With
Book SynopsisThis volume comprises the author's account of the development of novel results in random walk theory and its applications during the fractal and chaos revolutions. The early history of probability is presented in an engaging manner, and peppered with pitfalls and paradoxes. Readers will find the introduction of Paul Lévy's work via Mandelbrot's Lévy flights which are featured uniquely as Weierstrass and Riemann random walks.Generalizations to coupled memories, internal states and fractal time are introduced at the level for graduate students. Mathematical developments are explained including Green's functions, inverse Mellin transforms, Jacobians, and matrix methods. Applications are made to anomalous diffusion and conductivity in amorphous semiconductors and supercooled liquids. The glass transition is discussed especially for pressure effects.All along the way, personal stories are recounted and special appreciations are made to Elliott Montroll and Harvey Scher for their ever-expanding influence on the field of non-equilibrium anomalous processes that now are found in topics including disordered materials, water table processes, animal foraging, blinking quantum dots, rotating flows, optical lattices, dynamical strange attractors and strange kinetics.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Basic Probability: What Every Math Student Should
Book SynopsisThe second edition represents an ongoing effort to make probability accessible to students in a wide range of fields such as mathematics, statistics and data science, engineering, computer science, and business analytics. The book is written for those learning about probability for the first time. Revised and updated, the book is aimed specifically at statistics and data science students who need a solid introduction to the basics of probability.While retaining its focus on basic probability, including Bayesian probability and the interface between probability and computer simulation, this edition's significant revisions are as follows:The approach followed in the book is to develop probabilistic intuition before diving into details. The best way to learn probability is by practising on a lot of problems. Many instructive problems together with problem-solving strategies are given. Answers to all problems and worked-out solutions to selected problems are also provided.Henk Tijms is the author of several textbooks in the area of applied probability. In 2008, he had received the prestigious INFORMS Expository Writing Award for his work. He is active in popularizing probability at Dutch high schools.Table of ContentsCombinatorics and Calculus for Probability; Basics of Probability; Useful Probability Distributions; Real-Life Examples of Poisson Probabilities; Monte Carlo Simulation and Probability; A Primer on Markov Chains; Solutions to Selected Problems;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Introduction To Probability, An: With
Book SynopsisThe main objective of this text is to facilitate a student's smooth learning transition from a course on probability to its applications in various areas. To achieve this goal, students are encouraged to experiment numerically with problems requiring computer solutions.
£112.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Chance, Logic And Intuition: An Introduction To
Book SynopsisChance rules our daily lives in many different ways. From the outcomes of the lottery to the outcomes of medical tests, from the basketball court to the court of law. The ways of chance are capricious. Bizarre things happen all the time. Nevertheless, chance has a logic of its own. It obeys the rules of probability. But if you open a standard book on probability, you may very well feel far removed from everyday life. Abstract formulas and mathematical symbols stare back at you with almost every turn of the page.This book introduces you to the logic of chance without the use of mathematical formulas or symbols. In Part One, you will meet the fascinating pioneers of the mathematics of probability, including Galileo Galilei and Blaise Pascal. Their stories will introduce you, step by step, to the basics of probability. In Part Two, various examples in all areas of daily life will show you how chance defies our expectations time and again. But armed with the basic rules of probability and a good dose of inventiveness, you will be able to unravel the counter-intuitive logic of chance.
£28.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd How To Cheat With Statistics - And Get Away With
Book SynopsisThe book explains how to identify and catch statistical cheaters. The author came across many weaknesses and flaws in statistics through 30 years of teaching. These weaknesses allow a malevolent researcher to manipulate the inputs, the calculations, and the reporting of results to derive a desired outcome.This book should be valuable to everyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the weaknesses in statistics and learn how to evaluate statistical research to catch a statistical cheater!The math is explained in simple terms and should be easy to follow. In addition, the book comes with 18 Excel spreadsheets and 7 Python codes. There are also questions and problems at the end of each chapter, which should facilitate the usage in a classroom. Answers to the questions and problems are available to instructors upon request.
£52.25
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd How To Cheat With Statistics - And Get Away With
Book SynopsisThe book explains how to identify and catch statistical cheaters. The author came across many weaknesses and flaws in statistics through 30 years of teaching. These weaknesses allow a malevolent researcher to manipulate the inputs, the calculations, and the reporting of results to derive a desired outcome.This book should be valuable to everyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the weaknesses in statistics and learn how to evaluate statistical research to catch a statistical cheater!The math is explained in simple terms and should be easy to follow. In addition, the book comes with 18 Excel spreadsheets and 7 Python codes. There are also questions and problems at the end of each chapter, which should facilitate the usage in a classroom. Answers to the questions and problems are available to instructors upon request.
£23.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Graduate Course In Probability, A
Book SynopsisThis book grew out of the notes for a one-semester basic graduate course in probability. As the title suggests, it is meant to be an introduction to probability and could serve as textbook for a year long text for a basic graduate course. It assumes some familiarity with measure theory and integration so in this book we emphasize only those aspects of measure theory that have special probabilistic uses.The book covers the topics that are part of the culture of an aspiring probabilist and it is guided by the author's personal belief that probability was and is a theory driven by examples. The examples form the main attraction of this subject. For this reason, a large book is devoted to an eclectic collection of examples, from classical to modern, from mainstream to 'exotic'. The text is complemented by nearly 200 exercises, quite a few nontrivial, but all meant to enhance comprehension and enlarge the reader's horizons.While teaching probability both at undergraduate and graduate level the author discovered the revealing power of simulations. For this reason, the book contains a veiled invitation to the reader to familiarize with the programing language R. In the appendix, there are a few of the most frequently used operations and the text is sprinkled with (less than optimal) R codes. Nowadays one can do on a laptop simulations and computations we could only dream as an undergraduate in the past. This is a book written by a probability outsider. That brings along a bit of freshness together with certain 'naiveties'.
£121.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Stochastic Komatu-loewner Evolutions
Book SynopsisThe present monograph on stochastic Komatu-Loewner evolutions (SKLEs) provides the first systematic extension of the Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) theory from a simply connected planar domain to multiply connected domains by using the Brownian motion with darning (BMD) that has arisen in a recent study of the boundary theory of symmetric Markov processes.This volume is presented in an accessible manner for the interested researchers and graduate students. It also brings new insights into SLEs as special cases of SKLEs. Mathematically, it can be viewed as a powerful application of stochastic analysis via BMDs to complex analysis.
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