Discrete Stochastics

by Konrad Jacobs

Book Overview

I. Introduction.- 1. Encountering Random.- 2. Specimens of Stochastic Reasoning.- II. Markovian Dynamics.- 1. Finite-state Markovian dynamical systems.- 2. The convex set of stochastic matrices.- 3. The asymptotic behavior of Pn: some special cases.- 4. Asymptotic behavior of P, P2, ...: the method of invariant sets.- III. Discrete Probability Spaces.- 1. The Notion of a Discrete Probability Space (DPS).- 2. Obtaining New Probability Spaces from Given...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3764325917
• ISBN13: 9783764325916
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"