Edizione	[1st ed. 2023.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (629 pages)
Disciplina	510
Collana	Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Soggetto topico	Mathematics Algebraic geometry Probabilities History Algebraic topology Differential equations General Mathematics and Education Algebraic Geometry Probability Theory History of Mathematical Sciences Algebraic Topology Differential Equations Matemàtica
Soggetto genere / forma	Llibres electrònics
Soggetto non controllato	Mathematics
ISBN	9783031122446 9783031122439
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1. Algebraic Geometry -- 2. Dynamical Systems -- 3. Finance -- 4. Geometry -- 5. Groups -- 6. History of Mathematics -- 7. Information Theory -- 8. Logic -- 9. Mathematical Models -- 10. Mathematical Physics and PDEs -- 11. Number Theory -- 12. Probability Theory.
Record Nr.	UNISA-996534462803316

Autore	Anděl Jiří
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Wiley, c2001
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina	519 519.2
Collana	Wiley series in probability and statistics
Soggetto topico	Probabilities Mathematics
ISBN	1-282-30788-6 9786612307881 0-470-31707-8 0-470-31791-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Mathematics of Chance; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; lntroduction; 1. Probability; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Classical probability; 1.3. Geometric probability; 1.4. Dependence and independence; 1.5. Bayes' theorem; 1.6. Medical diagnostics; 1.7. Random variables; 1.8. Mang Kung dice game; 1.9. Some discrete distributions; 1.10. Some continuous distributions; 2. Random walk; 2.1. Gambler's ruin; 2.2. American roulette; 2.3. A reluctant random walk; 2.4. Random walk until no shoes are available; 2.5. Three-tower problem; 2.6. Gambler's ruin problem with ties; 2.7. Problem of prize division 2.8. Tennis2.9. Wolf and sheep; 3. Principle of rejection; 3.1. Ticket-selling automat; 3.2. Known structure of the queue; 3.3. Queue with random structure; 3.4. Random number of customers; 4. Records; 4.1. Records, probability, and statistics; 4.2. Expected number of records; 4.3. Probability of r records; 4.4. Stirling numbers; 4.5. Indicators; 4.6. When records occur; 4.7. Temperature records in Prague; 4.8. How long we wait for the next record; 4.9. Some applications of records; 5. Problems that concern waiting; 5.1. Geometric distribution; 5.2. Problem about keys 5.3. Collection problems5.4. When two players wait for a success; 5.5. Waiting for a series of identical events; 5.6. Lunch; 5.7. Waiting student; 5.8. Waiting for a bus in a town; 6. Problems that concern optimization; 6.1. Analysis of blood; 6.2. Overbooking airline flights; 6.3. Secretary problem; 6.4. A birthday is not a workday; 6.5. Voting; 6.6. Dice without transitivity; 6.7. How to increase reliability; 6.8. Exam taking strategy; 6.9. Two unknown numbers; 6.10. Archers; 6.11. A stacking problem; 6.12. No risk, no win; 7. Problems on calculating probability; 7.1. Dormitory 7.2. Too many marriages7.3. Tossing coins until all show heads; 7.4. Anglers; 7.5. Birds; 7.6. Sultan and Caliph; 7.7. Penalties; 7.8.Two 6s and two 5s; 7.9. Principle of inclusion and exclusion; 7.10. More heads on coins; 7.11. How combinatorial identities are born; 7.12. Exams; 7.13. Wyvrns; 7.14. Gaps among balls; 7.15. Numbered pegs; 7.16. Crux Mathematicorum; 7.17. Ties in elections; 7.18. Craps; 7.19. Problem of exceeding 12; 8. Problems on calculating expectation; 8.1. Christmas party; 8.2. Spaghetti; 8.3. Elevator; 8.4. Matching pairs of socks; 8.5. A guessing game 8.6. Expected number of draws8.7. Length of the wire; 8.8. Ancient Jewish game; 8.9. Expected value of the smallest element; 8.10. Ballot count; 8.11. Bernoulli problem; 8.12. Equal numbers of heads and tails; 8.13. Pearls; 9. Problems on statistical methods; 9.1. Proofreading; 9.2. How to enhance the accuracy of a measurement; 9.3. How to determine the area of a square; 9.4. Two routes to the airport; 9.5. Christmas inequality; 9.6. Cinderella; 10. The LAD method; 10.1. Median; 10.2. Least squares method; 10.3. LAD method; 10.4. Laplace method; 10.5. General straight line 10.6. LAD method in a general case
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910144695203321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (229 p.)
Disciplina	519.3
Collana	Contemporary Mathematics
Soggetto topico	Game theory Statistical decision Probabilities
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4704-1930-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Preface""; ""Redistricting and district compactness""; ""1. Introduction: Redistricting and Gerrymandering""; ""2. Measuring Compactness""; ""3. Criteria for Compactness Measures and Discussion""; ""References""; ""Fair division and redistricting""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Fair Division""; ""3. Redistricting: the problem of partisan unfairness""; ""4. What is a partyâ€?s fair share?""; ""5. The ranking protocol""; ""6. The fair division redistricting protocol""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""When does approval voting make the â€œright choicesâ€??""; ""1. Introduction"" ""2. Judging Multiple Proposals""""3. State Dependence""; ""4. Proposal Dependence""; ""5. Other Kinds of Dependence""; ""6. Follow-the-Leader""; ""7. Applications to Politics""; ""8. Relationship to the Condorcet Jury Theorem (CJT)""; ""9. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""How indeterminate is sequential majority voting? A judgement aggregation perspective""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Preliminaries""; ""3. Global indeterminacy""; ""4. Full indeterminacy""; ""5. Generalized Antichains""; ""6. Condorcet entropy and almost full indeterminacy""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Proofs"" ""References""""Weighted voting, threshold functions, and zonotopes""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Hyperplane arrangements and zonotopes""; ""3. The derived zonotope""; ""4. Conclusions and future work""; ""5. Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""The Borda Count, the Kemeny Rule, and the Permutahedron""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Social Choice and Symmetry""; ""3. Decompositions and Voting""; ""4. Representations""; ""5. Theorems and the Borda-Kemeny Spectrum""; ""6. Looking Forward""; ""7. Appendix""; ""References""; ""Double-interval societies""; ""1. Introduction"" ""2. Double- String Societies""""3. Asymptotic approval ratios for double- string societies""; ""4. A double-interval society lower bound""; ""5. Modifying double- string societies""; ""6. Conclusion and Open Questions""; ""References""; ""Voting for committees in agreeable societies""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Definitions""; ""3. Votes Within a Ball""; ""4. Concentric Voter Distributions""; ""5. Main Theorem""; ""6. Extensions""; ""References""; ""Selecting diverse committees with candidates from multiple categories""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Basic framework"" ""4. A Dynamic Approach to Solving the Bankruptcy Problem""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480533003321

Autore	Cerrato Mario
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (224 p.)
Disciplina	332.64/57015195
Collana	The Wiley finance series
Soggetto topico	Derivative securities - Statistical methods Finance - Statistical methods Probabilities
ISBN	1-118-37440-1 1-119-97340-6 1-118-46739-6 9786613621405 1-280-59157-9 1-119-97343-0 1-119-97341-4
Classificazione	BUS027000
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	An Introduction to Probability Theory -- Stochastic Processes -- Ito Calculus and Ito Integral -- The Black and Scholes Economy -- The Black and Scholes Model -- Monte Carlo Methods -- Monte Carlo Methods and American Options -- American Option Pricing: The Dual Approach -- Estimation of Greeks using Monte Carlo Methods -- Exotic Options -- Pricing and Hedging Exotic Options -- Stochastic Volatility Models -- Implied Volatility Models -- Local Volatility Models -- An Introduction to Interest Rate Modelling -- Interest Rate Modelling -- Binomial and Finite Difference Methods -- Appendix 1: An Introduction to MATLAB -- Appendix 2: Mortgage Backed Securities -- Appendix 3: Value at Risk.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910270905603321

Autore	Wallis W.D
Edizione	[1st ed. 2014.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (X, 96 p.)
Disciplina	324.6
Soggetto topico	Probabilities Political economy Population Game theory Political theory Mathematical models Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes International Political Economy Population Economics Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences Political Theory Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics
ISBN	3-319-09810-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1.Introduction -- 2.Simple Elections I -- 3. Simple Elections II - Condorcet's Method -- 4. Fair Elections; Polls; Amendments -- 5. Arrow’s Theorem and the Gibbard-Satterthwaite Theorem -- 6. Complex Elections -- 7. Cardinal Systems -- 8. Weighted Voting. References.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910299982503321