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A First Course in Probability.
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1. Combinatorial Analysis 2. Axioms of Probability 3. Conditional Probability and Independence 4. Random Variables 5. Continuous Random Variables 6. Jointly Distributed Random Variables 7. Properties of Expectation 8. Limit Theorems 9. Additional Topics in Probability 10. Simulation Appendix A. Answers to Selected Problems Appendix B. Solutions to Self-Test Problems and Exercises Index
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- Authors
- Sherman, M. J., & Ross, S.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Statistical Association
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1984-12
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 388
- Pages
- 957
- ISSN
- 0162-1459 (ISSN-L)
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- W2098290609
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- 5.24
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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