Title
Probability Theory
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
Book Series
Author(s)
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru
Publisher(s)
Springer
Abstract
Probability theory is a branch of mathematical science that deals with the mathematical analysis of random events. Probability is commonly used to describe the mind’s attitude to statements that we are not sure of. Statements usually take the form of “Will a particular event occur?” and the attitude of our minds will be of the form “How confident are we that this event will occur?” Our confidence can be described numerically, which is a value between 0 and 1 that we call probability. The more likely to occur an event is, the more confident we are that it will occur. The focus in this chapter is mainly on probability space, random variable, multi-dimensional probability distribution, expected value, variance, and covariance.
Start page
31
End page
54
Volume
317
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Matemáticas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85121280338
Source
International Series in Operations Research and Management Science
ISSN of the container
08848289
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