Sheldon M.Ross國際知名概率與統(tǒng)計學(xué)家,南加州大學(xué)工業(yè)工程與運籌系系主任。畢業(yè)于斯坦福大學(xué)統(tǒng)計系,曾在加州大學(xué)伯克利分校任教多年。研究領(lǐng)域包括:隨機模型.仿真模擬、統(tǒng)計分析、金融數(shù)學(xué)等:Ross教授著述頗豐,他的多種暢銷數(shù)學(xué)和統(tǒng)計教材均產(chǎn)生了世界性的影響,如Introduction to Probability Models(《應(yīng)用隨機過程:概率模型導(dǎo)論》),A First Course in Probability(《概率論墓礎(chǔ)教程》)等(均由人民郵電出版社出版)。
圖書目錄
1.Introduction to Probability Theory 1.1.Introduction 1.2.Sample Space and Events 1.3.Probabilities Defined on Events 1.4.Conditional Probabilities 1.5.Independent Events 1.6.Bayes' Formula Exercises References 2.Random Variables 2.1.Random Variables 2.2.Discrete Random Variables 2.3.Continuous Random Variables 2.4.Expectation of a Random Variable 2.5.Jointly Distributed Random Variables 2.6.Moment Generating Functions 2.7.Limit Theorems 2.8.Stochastic Processes Exercises References 3.Conditional Probability and Conditional Expectation 3.1.Introduction 3.2.The Discrete Case 3.3.The Continuous Case 3.4.Computing Expectations by Conditioning 3.5.Computing Probabilities by Conditioning 3.6.Some Applications 3.7.An Identity for Compound Random Variables Exercises 4.Markov Chains 4.1.Introduction 4.2.Chapman-Kolmogorov Equations 4.3.Classification of States 4.4.Limiting Probabilities 4.5.Some Applications 4.6.Mean Time Spent in Transient States 4.7.Branching Processes 4.8.Time Reversible Markov Chains 4.9.Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods 4.10.Markov Decision Processes 4.11.Hidden Markov Chains Exercises References 5.The Exponential Distribution and the Poisson Process 5.1.Introduction 5.2.The Exponential Distribution 5.3.The Poisson Process 5.4.Generalizations of the Poisson Process Exercises References 6.Continuous-Time Markov Chains 7.Renewal Theory and Its Applications 8.Queueing Theory 9.Reliability Theory 10.Brownian Motion and Stationary Processes 11.Simulation Appendix: Solutions to Starred Exercises Index