Sheldon M.Ross,國(guó)際知名概率與統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)家,南加州大學(xué)工業(yè)工程與運(yùn)籌系系主任。畢業(yè)于斯坦福大學(xué)統(tǒng)計(jì)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(jī)模型、仿真模擬、統(tǒng)計(jì)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(jì)教材均產(chǎn)生了世界性的影響,如Simulation(《統(tǒng)計(jì)模擬》)、Introduction to Probability Models(《應(yīng)用隨機(jī)過(guò)程:概率模型導(dǎo)論》)等(均由人民郵電出版社出版)。
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1 Combinatorial Analysis 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Basic Principle of Counting 1.3 Permutations 1.4 Combinations 1.5 Multinomial Coefficients 1.6 The Number of Integer Solutions of Equations* Summary Problems Theoretical Exercises Self-Test Problems and Exercises 2 Axioms of Probability 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Sample Space and Events 2.3 Axioms of Probability 2.4 Some Simple Propositions 2.5 Sample Spaces Having Equally Likely Outcomes 2.6 Probability as a Continuous Set Function* 2.7 Probability as a Measure of Belief Summary Problems Theoretical Exercises Self-Test Problems and Exercises 3 Conditional Probability and Independence 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Conditional Probabilities 3.3 Bayes' Formula 3.4 Independent Events 3.5 P(.|F) Is a Probability Summary Problems Theoretical Exercises Self-Test Problems and Exercises 4 Random Variables 4.1 Random Variables 4.2 Discrete Random Variables 4.3 Expected Value 4.4 Expectation of a Function of a Random Variable 4.5 Variance 4.6 The Bernoulli and Binomial Random Variables 4.6.1 Properties of Binomial Random Variables 4.6.2 Computing the Binomial Distribution Function 4.7 The Poisson Random Variable 4.7.1 Computing the Poisson Distribution Function 4.8 Other Discrete Probability Distributions 4.8.1 The Geometric Random Variable 4.8.2 The Negative Binomial Random Variable 4.8.3 The Hypergeometric Random Variable 4.8.4 The Zeta (or Zipf) Distribution 4.9 Properties of the Cumulative Distribution Function Summary Problems Theoretical Exercises Self-Test Problems and Exercises 5 Continuous Random Variables 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Expectation and Variance of Continuous Random Variables 5.3 The Uniform Random Variable 5.4 Normal Random Variables 5.4.1 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution 5.5 Exponential Random Variables 5.5.1 Hazard Rate Functions 5.6 Other Continuous Distributions 5.6.1 The Gamma Distribution 5.6.2 The Weibull Distribution 5.6.3 The Cauchy Distribution 5.6.4 The Beta Distribution 5.7 The Distribution of a Function of a Random Variable Summary Problems Theoretical Exercises Self-Test Problems and Exercises 6 Jointly Distributed Random Variables 6.1 Joint Distribution Functions 6.2 Independent Random Variables 6.3 Sums of Independent Random Variables 6.4 Conditional Distributions: Discrete Case 6.5 Conditional Distributions: Continuous Case 6.6 Order Statistics* 6.7 Joint Probability Distribution of Functions of Random Variables 6.8 Exchangeable Random Variables* Summary Problems Theoretical Exercises Self-Test Problems and Exercises 7 Properties of Expectation 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Expectation of Sums of Random Variables 7.2.1 Obtaining Bounds from Expectations via the Probabilistic Method* 7.2.2 The Maximum-Minimums Identity* 7.3 Moments of the Number of Events that Occur 7.4 Covariance, Variance of Sums, and Correlations 7.5 Conditional Expectation 7.5.1 Definitions 7.5.2 Computing Expectations by Conditioning 7.5.3 Computing Probabilities by Conditioning 7.5.4 Conditional Variance 7.6 Conditional Expectation and Prediction 7.7 Moment Generating Functions 7.7.1 Joint Moment Generating Functions 7.8 Additional Properties of Normal Random Variables 7.8.1 The Multivariate Normal Distribution 7.8.2 The Joint Distribution of the Sample Mean and Sample Variance 7.9 General Definition of Expectation Summary Problems Theoretical Exercises Self-Test Problems and Exercises 8 Limit Theorems 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Chebyshev's Inequality and the Weak Law of Large Numbers 8.3 The Central Limit Theorem 8.4 The Strong Law of Large Numbers 8.5 Other Inequalities 8.6 Bounding The Error Probability Summary Problems Theoretical Exercises Self-Test Problems and Exercises 9 Additional Topics in Probability 9.1 The Poisson Process 9.2 Markov Chains 9.3 Surprise, Uncertainty, and Entropy 9.4 Coding Theory and Entropy Summary Theoretical Exercises Self-Test Problems and Exercises 10 Simulation 10.1 Introduction 10.2 General Techniques for Simulating Continuous Random Variables 10.2.1 The Inverse Transformation Method 10.2.2 The Rejection Method 10.3 Simulating from Discrete Distributions 10.4 Variance Reduction Techniques 10.4.1 Use of Antithetic Variables 10.4.2 Variance Reduction by Conditioning 10.4.3 Control Variates Summary Problems Self-Test Problems and Exercises APPENDICES A Answers to Selected Problems B Solutions to Self-Test Problems and Exercises Index