A Probability Path by Sidney I. Resnick.

Many probability books are written by mathematicians and have the built-in bias that the reader is assumed to be a mathematician coming to the material for its beauty. This textbook is geared towards beginning graduate students from a variety of disciplines whose primary focus is not necessarily mat...

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Main Author: Resnick, Sidney I. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Modern Birkhäuser Classics,
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