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Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: Solving Crime with Mathematics [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 202x133x14 mm, kaal: 215 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 28-Aug-2007
  • Kirjastus: Plume
  • ISBN-10: 0452288576
  • ISBN-13: 9780452288577
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 202x133x14 mm, kaal: 215 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 28-Aug-2007
  • Kirjastus: Plume
  • ISBN-10: 0452288576
  • ISBN-13: 9780452288577
Teised raamatud teemal:
A companion volume to the hit CBS television series Numb3rs explains the real-life mathematical techniques used by law enforcement agencies to help catch and convict criminals and presenting compelling real-life cases to demonstrate how advanced mathematics is used in state-of-the-art criminal investigations. Original. (A CBS television series, starring Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard, Peter MacNicol, Diane Farr, & Dylan Bruno) (True Crime)Using plots and scenarios used in the television show "Numb3rs," shows how mathematics can be and is used to solve crimes, describing the techniques used and providing real-life examples of this crime-solving tool.
Introduction ix
The Hero Is a Mathematician?
1 Finding the Hot Zone
1
Criminal Geographic Profiling
2 Fighting Crime with Statistics 101
13
3 Data Mining
25
Finding Meaningful Patterns in Masses of Information
4 When Does the Writing First Appear on the Wall?
51
Changepoint Detection
5 Image Enhancement and Reconstruction
63
6 Predicting the Future
77
Bayesian Inference
7 DNA Profiling
89
8 Secrets—Making and Breaking Codes
105
9 How Reliable Is the Evidence?
121
Doubts about Fingerprints
10 Connecting the Dots 137
The Math of Networks
11 The Prisoner's Dilemma, Risk Analysis, and Counterterrorism 153
12 Mathematics in the Courtroom 175
13 Crime in the Casino 193
Using Math to Beat the System
Appendix 207
Mathematical Synopses of the Episodes in the First Three Seasons of NUMBERS
Index 233