Probability (Record no. 1703)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-0-8218-4792-3
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency ICTS-TIFR
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QA273
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Michael A. Bean
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Probability
Remainder of title : the science of uncertainity : with applications to investments, insurance, and engineering
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. American Mathematical Society,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. [c2001]
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Rhode Island:
300 ## - Physical Description
Pages: 448 p.
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts
Volume/sequential designation Vol. 6
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Introduction<br/>2. A Survey of Some Basic Concepts Through Examples<br/>3. Classical Probability<br/>4. Random Variables and Probability Distributions<br/>5. Special Discrete Distributions<br/>6. Special Continuous Distributions<br/>7. Transformations of Random Variables<br/>8. Sums and Products of Random Variables<br/>9. Mixtures and Compound Distributions<br/>10. The Markowitz Investment Portfolio Selection Model<br/>
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book covers the basic probability of distributions with an emphasis on applications from the areas of investments, insurance, and engineering. Written by a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Society of Actuaries with many years of experience as a university professor and industry practitioner, the book is suitable as a text for senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, finance, or engineering as well as a reference for practitioners in these fields. The book is particularly well suited for students preparing for professional exams, and for several years it has been recommended as a textbook on the syllabus of examinations for the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Society of Actuaries. --- summary provided by publisher
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