Poisson Processes

by John F.C. Kingman

Two fundamental theories are commonly debated in the study of random processes: the Bachelier Wiener model of Brownian motion, which has been the subject of many books, and the Poisson process. While nearly every book mentions the Poisson process, most hurry past to more general point processes or to Markov chains. This comparative neglect is ill judged, and stems from a lack of perception of the real importance of the Poisson process. This distortion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198536933
• ISBN13: 9780198536932
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 9.3"