Primer on Statistical Distributions

Informationen zum Autor N. BALAKRISHNAN , PhD, is Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. V. B. NEVZOROV , PhD, DS, is Professor of Probability and Statistics at St. Petersburg State University in St. Petersburg, Russia. Klappentext Designed as an introduction to statistical distribution theory.* Includes a first chapter on basic notations and definitions that are essential to working with distributions.* Remaining chapters are divided into three parts: Discrete Distributions, Continuous Distributions, and Multivariate Distributions.* Exercises are incorporated throughout the text in order to enhance understanding of materials just taught. Zusammenfassung Designed as an introduction to statistical distribution theory.* Includes a first chapter on basic notations and definitions that are essential to working with distributions.* Remaining chapters are divided into three parts: Discrete Distributions, Continuous Distributions, and Multivariate Distributions.* Exercises are incorporated throughout the text in order to enhance understanding of materials just taught. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Preliminaries. I. DISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONS. Discrete Uniform Distribution. Degenerate Distribution. Bernoulli Distribution. Binomial Distribution. Geometric Distribution. Negative Binomial Distribution. Hypergeometric Distribution. Poisson Distribution. Miscellanea. II. CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS. Uniform Distribution. Cauchy Distribution. Triangular Distribution. Power Distribution. Pareto Distribution. Beta Distribution. Arcsine Distribution. Exponential Distribution. Laplace Distribution. Gamma Distribution. Extreme Value Distributions. Logistic Distribution. Normal Distribution. Miscellanea. III. MULTIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS. Multinomial Distribution. Multivariate Normal Distribution. Dirichlet Distribution. Appendix -  Pioneers in Distribution Theory. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index. ...

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• Authors: Balakrishnan, N Balakrishnan, N. Balakrishnan, N. Nevzorov Balakrishnan, Narayanaswam Balakrishnan, Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Narayanaswamy (McMaster University Balakrishnan, Balakrishnan Narayanaswamy, Vicki B. Galloway, Nevzorov, V B Nevzorov, V. B. Nevzorov, Valery Nevzorov, Nevzorov V. B.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2003
• EAN: 9780471427988
• ISBN: 978-0-471-42798-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; Statistik, Statistics, Mathematik / Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Statistik, Allg. Statistik, Statistics - Text & Reference, Statistik / Lehr- u. Nachschlagewerke, Spezialthemen Statistik, Statistics Special Topics, Verteilung (Statistik)