文档介绍：Arjun K. Gupta Wei-Bin Zeng Yanhong Wu
Probability and
Statistical Models
Foundations for Problems in Reliability
and Financial Mathematics
Birkhauser¨
Arjun K. Gupta Yanhong Wu
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Department of Mathematics
Bowling Green State University California State University Stanislaus
Bowling Green, OH 43403 One University Circle
USA Turlock, CA 95382
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Wei-Bin Zeng
Department of Mathematics
University of Louisville
328 Natural Sciences Building
Louisville, KY 40292
USA
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ISBN 978-0-8176-4986-9 e-ISBN 978-0-8176-4987-6
DOI -0-8176-4987-6
Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010934423
Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): Primary: 60-01, 62-01, 91-01; Secondary: 60K05, 60K10,
90B25, 91B30, 91B24, 91G40, 91G20
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Preface
Probability models are now a ponent of every scientific investigation. This
book is intended to introduce basic ideas in stochastic modeling, with emphasis
on models and techniques. These models lead to well-known parametric lifetime
distributions, such as exponential, Weibull,