Applied Probability by Frank A Haight
Probability (including stochastic processes) is now being applied to virtually every academic discipline, especially to the sciences. An area of substantial application is that known as operations research or industrial engineering, which incorporates subjects such as queueing theory, optimization, and network flow. This book provides a compact introduction to that field for students with minimal preparation, knowing mainly calculus and having mathe matical maturity. Beginning with the basics of probability, the develop ment is self-contained but not abstract, that is, without measure theory and its probabilistic counterpart. Although the text is reasonably short, a course based on this book will normally occupy two semesters or three quarters. There are many points in the discussions and problems which require the assistance of an instructor for completeness and clarity. The book is designed to give equal emphasis to those applications which motivate the subject and to appropriate mathematical techniques. Thus, the student who has successfully completed the course is ready to turn in either of two directions: towards direct study of research papers in operations research, or towards a course in abstract probability, for which this text provides the intuitive background. Frank A. Haight Pennsylvania State University vii Contents 1. Discrete Probability . 1 1.1. Applied Probability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2. Sample Spaces . 3 1.3. Probability Distributions and Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.4. The Connection between Distributions and Sample Points: Random Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-
Problems and Methods of Optimal Structural Design
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Principles of Optimal Control Theory
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Multicriteria Optimization in Engineering and in the Sciences
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Real and Functional Analysis
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Optimal Control of Distributed Nuclear Reactors
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Structural Optimization
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Control, Identification, and Input Optimization
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Applied Optimal Control Theory of Distributed Systems
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Multicriteria Decision Making and Differential Games
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Unified Plasticity for Engineering Applications
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Nonlinear Effects in Fluids and Solids
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Constrained Optimization and Image Space Analysis
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Advanced Design Problems in Aerospace Engineering
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Principles and Procedures of Numerical Analysis
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Principles of Engineering Mechanics
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Optimal Control Applications in Electric Power Systems
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Applications of Functional Analysis in Engineering
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Mathematical Principles of Mechanics and Electromagnetism
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Applied Mathematics in Aerospace Science and Engineering
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Theory and Applications of Partial Differential Equations
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Integral Transforms in Science and Engineering
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Solution Methods for Integral Equations
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Introduction to the Laplace Transform
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The Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control
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Numerical Solution of Integral Equations
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Mathematical Logic
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Dynamical Systems and Evolution Equations
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Advances in Geometric Programming
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Differential Equations with Small Parameters and Relaxation Oscillations
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Topology and Maps
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Dynamic Optimization and Mathematical Economics
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Applied Mathematics
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Numerical Derivatives and Nonlinear Analysis
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Optimal Long-Term Operation of Electric Power Systems
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| ISBN 13 | 9781461564690 |
| ISBN 10 | 1461564697 |
| Title | Applied Probability |
| Author | Frank A Haight |
| Series | Mathematical Concepts And Methods In Science And Engineering |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Year published | 2012-11-26 |
| Number of pages | 290 |
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