Basic Principles and Applications of Probability Theory

by A.V. Skorokhod and Yu V. Prokorov

Probability theory arose originally in connection with games of chance and then for a long time it was used primarily to investigate the credibility of testimony of witnesses in the "ethical" sciences. Nevertheless, probability has become a very powerful mathematical tool in understanding those aspects of the world that cannot be described by deterministic laws. Probability has succeeded in ?nding strict determinate relationships where chance seemed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540546863
• ISBN13: 9783540546863
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"