{"product_id":"theory-of-probability-9781119286370","title":"Theory of Probability","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst issued in translation as a two-volume work in 1975, this classic book provides the first complete development of the theory of probability from a subjectivist viewpoint. It proceeds from a detailed discussion of the philosophical mathematical aspects to a detailed mathematical treatment of probability and statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe Finetti''s theory of probability is one of the foundations of Bayesian theory. De Finetti stated that probability is nothing but a subjective analysis of the likelihood that something will happen and that that probability does not exist outside the mind. It is the rate at which a person is willing to bet on something happening. This view is directly opposed to the classicist\/ frequentist view of the likelihood of a particular outcome of an event, which assumes that the same event could be identically repeated many times over, and the ''probability'' of a particular outcome has to do with the fraction of the time that outcome results from the repeated tri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Concerning Certainty and Uncertainty 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Prevision and Probability 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Conditional Prevision and Probability 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Evaluation of Probabilities 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Distributions 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 A Preliminary Survey 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Random Processes with Independent Increments 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 An Introduction to Other Types of Stochastic Process 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Problems in Higher Dimensions 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Inductive Reasoning; Statistical Inference 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Mathematical Statistics 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 571\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407028363607,"sku":"9781119286370","price":82.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119286370.jpg?v=1730497925","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theory-of-probability-9781119286370","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}