Play of Chance and Purpose emphasizes learning probability, statistics, and stochasticity by developing intuition and fostering imagination as a pedagogical approach. This book is meant for undergraduate and graduate students of basic sciences, appli...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226843117)
Explores the implications of chance and uncertainty in social theory and offers a new interpretation of the sociological canon. Since the founding of the discipline, sociologists have endeavored to understand the structures of group...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Sep-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226843131)
Since the founding of the discipline, sociologists have endeavored to understand the structures of groups, organizations, and societies and how these entities condition our behavior. While some of the foundational theorists in the discipline saw the...Loe edasi...
First published in 1961, Inductive Probability is a dialectical analysis of probability as it occurs in inductions. The book elucidates on the various forms of inductive, the criteria for their validity, and the consequent probabilities....Loe edasi...
A “fascinating, witty, and perspective-shifting” (Oliver Burkeman, New York Times bestselling author) tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of The Rational...Loe edasi...
This accessible book for graduate students and data scientists provides a solid background in probabilistic and statistical concepts relevant to data science. Emphasis is placed on practice, with examples throughout using real-world data that readers...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009180085)
This accessible book for graduate students and data scientists provides a solid background in probabilistic and statistical concepts relevant to data science. Emphasis is placed on practice, with examples throughout using real-world data that readers...Loe edasi...
Events between which we have no epistemic reason to discriminate have equal epistemic probabilities. Bertrand’s chord paradox, however, appears to show this to be false, and thereby poses a general threat to probabilities for continuum sized state...Loe edasi...
Copula additive distributional regression enables the joint modeling of multiple outcomes, an essential aspect of many real-world research problems. This book provides an accessible overview of this modeling approach, with a particular focus on it...Loe edasi...
Sari: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009565523)
This edited volume surveys Richman bidding combinatorial games, classical subtraction games and absolute additive theory. The recurring list of open problems, updated and annotated, will interest all practitioners of CGT and related fields including...Loe edasi...
Based on the calculation of transition states and the identification of transition paths, the book aims to provide a comprehensive guide to understanding and simulating rare events. The author introduces both fundamental concepts of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009221856)
This book introduces relevant and established data-driven modeling tools currently in use or in development, which will help readers master the art and science of constructing models from data and dive into different application areas. It presents st...Loe edasi...
This revised book provides an accessible presentation of concepts from probability theory, statistical methods, the design of experiments, and statistical quality control. It is shaped by the experience of the two teachers teaching statistical met...Loe edasi...
This new edition presents the essential topics in probability and statistics from a rigorous standpoint. After providing an overview of the basics of probability, the authors cover essential topics such as confidence intervals, hypothesis testing,...Loe edasi...
Probability, Statistics and Other Frightening Stuff (Volume II of the Working Guides to Estimating & Forecasting series) considers many of the commonly used Descriptive Statistics in the world of estimating and forecasting....Loe edasi...
John Maynard Keynes is best known for his contributions to economics, yet he spent nearly two decades exploring the concept of probability. His extensive work culminated in the Treatise on Probability (1921), where he developed a unique notion of...Loe edasi...
This book covers major measure theory topics with a fairly extensive study of their applications to probability and analysis. It begins by demonstrating the essential nature of measure theory before delving into the construction of measures and th...Loe edasi...
The Art of UncertaintyIn lucid, lively prose, Spiegelhalter guides us through the principles of probability, illustrating how they can help us think more analytically about everything from medical advice to sports to climate change forecasts. He demo...Loe edasi...
