文档介绍：Introduction to
Probability Models
Sixth Edition
Introduction to
Probability Models
Sixth Edition
Sheldon M. Ross
Department of Industrial Engineering
and Operations Research
University of California,
Berkeley, California
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ross, Sheldon M.
Introduction to probability models / Sheldon M. Ross.-6th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-12-598470-7
1. Probabilities. I. Title.
1997
-dc21 96-44003
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Printed in the United States of America
97989900MV98765432
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Contents
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Preface to the Sixth Edition ...
Preface to the Fifth Edition Xlll
1. Introduction to Probability Theory
. Introduction
. Sample Space and Events
. Probabilities Defined on Events
. Conditional Probabilities
. Independent Events
. Bayes' Formula
Exercises
References
2. Random Variables
. Random Variables
. Discrete Random Variables
. The Bernoulli Random Variable
. The Binomial Random Variable
. The Geometric Random Variable
. The Poisson Random Variable
. Continuous Random Variables
. The Uniform Random Variable
. Exponential Random Variables
. Gamma Random Variab