| How to Gamble If You Must: Inequalities for Stochastic Processes Contributor(s): Dubins, Lester E. (Author), Savage, Leonard J. (Author), Sudderth, William (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0486780643 ISBN-13: 9780486780641 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - Stochastic Processes |
| Dewey: 519.23 |
| LCCN: 2014008632 |
| Series: Dover Books on Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This classic of advanced statistics is geared toward graduate-level readers and uses the concepts of gambling to develop important ideas in probability theory. The authors have distilled the essence of many years' research into a dozen concise chapters. "Strongly recommended" by the Journal of the American Statistical Association upon its initial publication, this revised and updated edition features contributions from two well-known statisticians that include a new Preface, updated references, and findings from recent research. Following an introductory chapter, the book formulates the gambler's problem and discusses gambling strategies. Succeeding chapters explore the properties associated with casinos and certain measures of subfairness. Concluding chapters relate the scope of the gambler's problems to more general mathematical ideas, including dynamic programming, Bayesian statistics, and stochastic processes. |