Probability with Applications to Science, Engineering, and Technology

ISBN-10
1119717779
ISBN-13
9781119717775
Category
Engineering mathematics
Language
English
Published
2020
Authors
Jay L. Devore, Matthew A. Carlton

Description

"The book begins with an Introduction, which contains our attempt to address the question "Why study probability?" Here we are trying to tantalize students with a number of intriguing problem scenarios - coupon collection, birth and death processes, reliability engineering, finance, queuing models, and various conundrums involving the misinterpretation of probabilistic information (e.g., Benford's Law and the detection of fraudulent data, birthday problems, and the likelihood of having a rare disease when a diagnostic test result is positive). Most of the exposition contains references to recently published results. It is not necessary or even desirable to cover very much of this motivational material in the classroom. Instead, we suggest that instructors ask their students to read selectively outside class (a bit of pleasure reading at the very beginning of the term should not be an undue burden!). Subsequent chapters make little reference to the examples herein, and separating out our "pep talk" should make it easier to cover as little or much as an instructor deems appropriate"--

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