Probably not : future prediction using probability and statistical inference / Lawrence N. Dworsky.
Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2008.Description: xv, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780470184011 (pbk.)
- 0470184019 (pbk.)
- QA279.2 .D96 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to probability -- Probability distribution functions and some basics -- Building a bell -- Random walks -- Life insurance and social security -- Binomial probabilities -- Pseudorandom numbers and Monte Carlo simulations -- Some gambling games in detail -- Traffic lights and traffic -- Combined and conditional probabilities -- Scheduling and waiting -- Stock market portfolios -- Benford, Parrondo, and Simpson -- Networks, infectious disease propagation, and chain letters -- Bird counting -- Statistical mechanics and heat -- Introduction to statistical analysis -- Chaos and quanta.