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The thoroughly revised second edition of this innovative introduction by a leading scholar and editor of Austen's work explains what students need to know about her novels, life, context and reception. An essential purchase for students of Austen, as well as readers wanting to deepen their appreciation of the novels.
List of contents
1. A selective review of basic probability; 2. Convergence of a sequence of random variables; 3. Random vectors and minimum mean squared error estimation; 4. Random processes; 5. Inference for Markov models; 6. Dynamics for countable-state Markov models; 7. Basic calculus of random processes; 8. Random processes in linear systems and spectral analysis; 9. Wiener filtering; 10. Martingales; 11. Appendix; 12. Solutions to even numbered problems.
About the author
Bruce Hajek has been an avid student, instructor, and user of probability theory for his entire career. He is the Mary Lou and Leonard C. Hoeft Chair of Engineering, Center for Advanced Study Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois. Among his many awards, he is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award. He is co-author, with E. Wong, of the more advanced classic book, Stochastic Processes in Engineering Systems, 2nd edition (1985).
Summary
An engaging introduction to the critical tools needed to design and evaluate engineering systems that must operate reliably in uncertain environments. It includes over 100 worked examples and over 300 end-of-chapter problems, with worked solutions to half provided in the book and the remaining solutions available online for instructors.
