Clones, cats, and chemicals [[electronic resource] ] : thinking scientifically about controversial issues / / by Irwin L. Slesnick |
Autore | Slesnick Irwin L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, Va., : National Science Teachers Association, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (80 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical genetics
Science - Public opinion Cats Games of chance (Mathematics) Hunting Manned space flight Violence in mass media |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-75821-3
9786611758219 1-933531-79-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Here come the clones -- Cats and their impact on wildlife populations -- Stem cell transplants -- Chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction -- Robotic versus manned space travel -- Genetic screening -- Violence in the media -- Managed retreat -- Should modern man hunt? -- Do mathematically literate people play the numbers (lottery)?. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451003803321 |
Slesnick Irwin L | ||
Arlington, Va., : National Science Teachers Association, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clones, cats, and chemicals [[electronic resource] ] : thinking scientifically about controversial issues / / by Irwin L. Slesnick |
Autore | Slesnick Irwin L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, Va., : National Science Teachers Association, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (80 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical genetics
Science - Public opinion Cats Games of chance (Mathematics) Hunting Manned space flight Violence in mass media |
ISBN |
1-281-75821-3
9786611758219 1-933531-79-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Here come the clones -- Cats and their impact on wildlife populations -- Stem cell transplants -- Chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction -- Robotic versus manned space travel -- Genetic screening -- Violence in the media -- Managed retreat -- Should modern man hunt? -- Do mathematically literate people play the numbers (lottery)?. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784221903321 |
Slesnick Irwin L | ||
Arlington, Va., : National Science Teachers Association, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clones, cats, and chemicals : thinking scientifically about controversial issues / / by Irwin L. Slesnick |
Autore | Slesnick Irwin L |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, Va., : National Science Teachers Association, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (80 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical genetics
Science - Public opinion Cats Games of chance (Mathematics) Hunting Manned space flight Violence in mass media |
ISBN |
1-281-75821-3
9786611758219 1-933531-79-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Here come the clones -- Cats and their impact on wildlife populations -- Stem cell transplants -- Chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction -- Robotic versus manned space travel -- Genetic screening -- Violence in the media -- Managed retreat -- Should modern man hunt? -- Do mathematically literate people play the numbers (lottery)?. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824679703321 |
Slesnick Irwin L | ||
Arlington, Va., : National Science Teachers Association, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Discrete gambling and stochastic games / Ashok P. Maitra, William D. Sudderth |
Autore | Maitra, Ashok P. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Springer-Verlag, c1996 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 244 p. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 519.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Sudderth, William D. |
Collana | Applications of mathematics, 0172-4568 ; 32 |
Soggetto topico |
Gambling
Games of chance (Mathematics) Stochastic inequalities |
ISBN | 0387946284 |
Classificazione |
AMS 60G40
LC QA271.M35 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000829399707536 |
Maitra, Ashok P. | ||
New York : Springer-Verlag, c1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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The doctrine of chances, or, A method of calculating the probabilities of events in play / by A. De Moivre |
Autore | Moivre, Abraham de |
Edizione | [Facsimile repr] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Chelsea Publ. Co., 1967 |
Descrizione fisica | [2], xi, 368 p. ; 25 cm. |
Disciplina | 519.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Games of chance (Mathematics)
Mathematics-early works to 1800 |
Classificazione |
AMS 01A50
AMS 60-03 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000834789707536 |
Moivre, Abraham de | ||
New York : Chelsea Publ. Co., 1967 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Essay d'analyse sur les jeux de hazard / [Pierre Remond de Montmort] |
Autore | Montmort, Pierre Rémond de |
Edizione | [Textually unaltered photographic reprint of the 2nd ed. of 1713] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Chelsea Publ. Co., 1980 |
Descrizione fisica | xlii, 414 p. : ports. ; 26 cm. |
Disciplina | 519.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Gambling
Games of chance (Mathematics) Probabilities |
ISBN | 0828403074 |
Classificazione |
AMS 01A50
AMS 60-03 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000876649707536 |
Montmort, Pierre Rémond de | ||
New York : Chelsea Publ. Co., 1980 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Giochi di azzardo e leggi del caso / Ugo Maraldi |
Autore | Maraldi, Ugo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Bompiani, 1953 |
Descrizione fisica | 191 p. ; 21 cm |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
Collana | Avventure del pensiero ; 89 |
Soggetto topico |
Games of chance (Mathematics)
Probabilities |
Classificazione |
LC PS3554.E433
53(023) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002711889707536 |
Maraldi, Ugo | ||
Milano : Bompiani, 1953 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Inequalities for stochastic processes : how to gamble if you must / Lester E. Dubins, Leonard J. Savage |
Autore | Dubins, Lester E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Dover, 1976 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 251 p. : graphs ; 21 cm. |
Disciplina | 519.23 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Savage, Leonard Jimmie |
Soggetto topico |
Gambling
Games of chance (Mathematics) Inequalities Stochastic processes |
ISBN | 0486632830 |
Classificazione |
AMS 60A
AMS 60G QA271 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000993999707536 |
Dubins, Lester E. | ||
New York : Dover, 1976 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Lower previsions / / Matthias C.M. Troffaes, Gert de Cooman |
Autore | Troffaes Matthias C. M. <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
Disciplina | 519.2 |
Collana | Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics |
Soggetto topico |
Probabilities
Statistical decision Games of chance (Mathematics) |
ISBN |
1-118-76113-8
1-118-76262-2 1-118-76264-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Preliminary notions and definitions; 1.1 Sets of numbers; 1.2 Gambles; 1.3 Subsets and their indicators; 1.4 Collections of events; 1.5 Directed sets and Moore-Smith limits; 1.6 Uniform convergence of bounded gambles; 1.7 Set functions, charges and measures; 1.8 Measurability and simple gambles; 1.9 Real functionals; 1.10 A useful lemma; Part I Lower Previsions On Bounded Gambles; Chapter 2 Introduction; Chapter 3 Sets of acceptable bounded gambles; 3.1 Random variables; 3.2 Belief and behaviour; 3.3 Bounded gambles
3.4 Sets of acceptable bounded gambles3.4.1 Rationality criteria; 3.4.2 Inference; Chapter 4 Lower previsions; 4.1 Lower and upper previsions; 4.1.1 From sets of acceptable bounded gambles to lower previsions; 4.1.2 Lower and upper previsions directly; 4.2 Consistency for lower previsions; 4.2.1 Definition and justification; 4.2.2 A more direct justification for the avoiding sure loss condition; 4.2.3 Avoiding sure loss and avoiding partial loss; 4.2.4 Illustrating the avoiding sure loss condition; 4.2.5 Consequences of avoiding sure loss; 4.3 Coherence for lower previsions 4.3.1 Definition and justification4.3.2 A more direct justification for the coherence condition; 4.3.3 Illustrating the coherence condition; 4.3.4 Linear previsions; 4.4 Properties of coherent lower previsions; 4.4.1 Interesting consequences of coherence; 4.4.2 Coherence and conjugacy; 4.4.3 Easier ways to prove coherence; 4.4.4 Coherence and monotone convergence; 4.4.5 Coherence and a seminorm; 4.5 The natural extension of a lower prevision; 4.5.1 Natural extension as least-committal extension; 4.5.2 Natural extension and equivalence; 4.5.3 Natural extension to a specific domain 4.5.4 Transitivity of natural extension4.5.5 Natural extension and avoiding sure loss; 4.5.6 Simpler ways of calculating the natural extension; 4.6 Alternative characterisations for avoiding sure loss, coherence, and natural extension; 4.7 Topological considerations; Chapter 5 Special coherent lower previsions; 5.1 Linear previsions on finite spaces; 5.2 Coherent lower previsions on finite spaces; 5.3 Limits as linear previsions; 5.4 Vacuous lower previsions; 5.5 {0,1}-valued lower probabilities; 5.5.1 Coherence and natural extension; 5.5.2 The link with classical propositional logic 5.5.3 The link with limits inferior5.5.4 Monotone convergence; 5.5.5 Lower oscillations and neighbourhood filters; 5.5.6 Extending a lower prevision defined on all continuous bounded gambles; Chapter 6 n-Monotone lower previsions; 6.1 n-Monotonicity; 6.2 n-Monotonicity and coherence; 6.2.1 A few observations; 6.2.2 Results for lower probabilities; 6.3 Representation results; Chapter 7 Special n-monotone coherent lower previsions; 7.1 Lower and upper mass functions; 7.2 Minimum preserving lower previsions; 7.2.1 Definition and properties; 7.2.2 Vacuous lower previsions; 7.3 Belief functions 7.4 Lower previsions associated with proper filters |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132219803321 |
Troffaes Matthias C. M. <1977-> | ||
Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lower previsions / / Matthias C.M. Troffaes, Gert de Cooman |
Autore | Troffaes Matthias C. M. <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
Disciplina | 519.2 |
Collana | Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics |
Soggetto topico |
Probabilities
Statistical decision Games of chance (Mathematics) |
ISBN |
1-118-76113-8
1-118-76262-2 1-118-76264-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Preliminary notions and definitions; 1.1 Sets of numbers; 1.2 Gambles; 1.3 Subsets and their indicators; 1.4 Collections of events; 1.5 Directed sets and Moore-Smith limits; 1.6 Uniform convergence of bounded gambles; 1.7 Set functions, charges and measures; 1.8 Measurability and simple gambles; 1.9 Real functionals; 1.10 A useful lemma; Part I Lower Previsions On Bounded Gambles; Chapter 2 Introduction; Chapter 3 Sets of acceptable bounded gambles; 3.1 Random variables; 3.2 Belief and behaviour; 3.3 Bounded gambles
3.4 Sets of acceptable bounded gambles3.4.1 Rationality criteria; 3.4.2 Inference; Chapter 4 Lower previsions; 4.1 Lower and upper previsions; 4.1.1 From sets of acceptable bounded gambles to lower previsions; 4.1.2 Lower and upper previsions directly; 4.2 Consistency for lower previsions; 4.2.1 Definition and justification; 4.2.2 A more direct justification for the avoiding sure loss condition; 4.2.3 Avoiding sure loss and avoiding partial loss; 4.2.4 Illustrating the avoiding sure loss condition; 4.2.5 Consequences of avoiding sure loss; 4.3 Coherence for lower previsions 4.3.1 Definition and justification4.3.2 A more direct justification for the coherence condition; 4.3.3 Illustrating the coherence condition; 4.3.4 Linear previsions; 4.4 Properties of coherent lower previsions; 4.4.1 Interesting consequences of coherence; 4.4.2 Coherence and conjugacy; 4.4.3 Easier ways to prove coherence; 4.4.4 Coherence and monotone convergence; 4.4.5 Coherence and a seminorm; 4.5 The natural extension of a lower prevision; 4.5.1 Natural extension as least-committal extension; 4.5.2 Natural extension and equivalence; 4.5.3 Natural extension to a specific domain 4.5.4 Transitivity of natural extension4.5.5 Natural extension and avoiding sure loss; 4.5.6 Simpler ways of calculating the natural extension; 4.6 Alternative characterisations for avoiding sure loss, coherence, and natural extension; 4.7 Topological considerations; Chapter 5 Special coherent lower previsions; 5.1 Linear previsions on finite spaces; 5.2 Coherent lower previsions on finite spaces; 5.3 Limits as linear previsions; 5.4 Vacuous lower previsions; 5.5 {0,1}-valued lower probabilities; 5.5.1 Coherence and natural extension; 5.5.2 The link with classical propositional logic 5.5.3 The link with limits inferior5.5.4 Monotone convergence; 5.5.5 Lower oscillations and neighbourhood filters; 5.5.6 Extending a lower prevision defined on all continuous bounded gambles; Chapter 6 n-Monotone lower previsions; 6.1 n-Monotonicity; 6.2 n-Monotonicity and coherence; 6.2.1 A few observations; 6.2.2 Results for lower probabilities; 6.3 Representation results; Chapter 7 Special n-monotone coherent lower previsions; 7.1 Lower and upper mass functions; 7.2 Minimum preserving lower previsions; 7.2.1 Definition and properties; 7.2.2 Vacuous lower previsions; 7.3 Belief functions 7.4 Lower previsions associated with proper filters |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824361803321 |
Troffaes Matthias C. M. <1977-> | ||
Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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