Polya Urn Models, Hardcover by Mahmoud, Hosam M., Brand New, Free shipping in...
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Polya Urn Models, Hardcover by Mahmoud, Hosam M., Brand New, Free shipping in.... Polya Urn Models, Hardcover by Mahmoud, Hosam M., ISBN 1420059831, ISBN-13 9781420059830, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Those teaching the concept of discrete probability generally explain it metaphorically as putting in and taking out balls from an urn. Outside the classroom scientists, engineers, mathematicians and economists use "urn theory" to develop a range of models and applications. Here Mahmoud (mathematics, George Washington U.) provides intermediate-level students and nonspecialist professionals a classroom text that can double as a self-study guide. He reviews classical probability problems and presents dichromatic Polya urns as a basic structure that grows in discrete time, then applies the discrete Polya urn structure to Poisson and the depoissonization heuristic, urn schemes with random replacement, and analytic urns. Mahmoud also offers applications of Polya urns to informatics and bioscience, concluding with a very interesting chapter on urns that evolve by multiple drawing. He includes answers to the exercises. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
