Intermediate Probability - A Computational Approach (Hardcover)

"Intermediate Probability" is the natural extension of the author's previous title, "Fundamental Probability," It details all the essential topics, ranging from standard issues such as order statistics, multivariate normal, and convergence concepts, to more advanced subjects which are usually not addressed at this mathematical level, or have never previously appeared in textbook form. The author adopts a computational approach throughout, allowing the reader to directly implement the methods, thus greatly enhancing the learning experience and clearly illustrating the applicability, strengths, and weaknesses of the theory.

The book: Places great emphasis on the numeric computation of convolutions of random variables, via numeric integration, inversion theorems, fast Fourier transforms, saddlepoint approximations, and simulation. Provides introductory material to required mathematical topics such as complex numbers, Laplace and Fourier transforms, matrix algebra, confluent hypergeometric functions, digamma functions, and Bessel functions. Presents full derivation and numerous computational methods of the stable Paretian and the singly and doubly non-central distributions. Devotes a whole chapter to mean-variance mixtures, NIG, GIG, generalized hyperbolic and numerous related distributions. Features a chapter dedicated to nesting, generalizing, and asymmetric extensions of popular distributions, as have become popular in empirical finance and other applications. Provides all essential programming code in Matlab and R.

The user-friendly style of writing and attention to detail means that self-study is easily possible, making the book ideal for senior undergraduate and graduatestudents of mathematics, statistics, econometrics, finance, insurance, and computer science, as well as researchers and professional statisticians working in these fields.

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	October 2007
Authors:	MS Paolella
Dimensions:	255 x 179 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	430
ISBN-13:	978-0-470-02637-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Promotions
LSN:	0-470-02637-5
Barcode:	9780470026373

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