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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This user-friendly resource will help you grasp the concepts of probability and stochastic processes, so you can apply them in professional engineering practice. The book presents concepts clearly as a sequence of building blocks that are identified either as an axiom, definition, or theorem. This approach provides a better understanding of the material, which can be used to solve practical problems.
Key Features:- The text follows a single model that begins with an experiment consisting of a procedure and observations.
- The mathematics of discrete random variables appears separately from the mathematics of continuous random variables.
- Stochastic processes are introduced in Chapter 6, immediately after the presentation of discrete and continuous random variables. Subsequent material, including central limit theorem approximations, laws of large numbers, and statistical inference, then use examples that reinforce stochastic process concepts.
- An abundance of exercises are provided that help students learn how to put the theory to use.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Roy D. Yates | | Hardcover: | 544 pages | | Publisher: | Wiley | | Publication Date: | May 20, 2004 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0471272140 | | Product Length: | 7.72 inches | | Product Width: | 1.03 inches | | Product Height: | 9.29 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.19 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.3 inches | | Package Width: | 7.6 inches | | Package Height: | 1.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 22 reviews |
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16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 A Great Book to Teach From... Dec 28, 2000
I taught an undergraduate course in probability and stochastic processes last summer using this book. This book is so clearly written and laid out that for the first time in 20 years of teaching I could lecture directly from the book rather than having to spend the time to make up a set of notes. The many worked out problems are very helpful in illustrating concepts. All in all a great book.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 A pretty good book indeed! Jun 16, 2000
I had to buy this book for a class for my EE degree- I must say as much as I hate probability and the like, this book was one of the best on the subject that I've ever come across. It really feels as though this is a 'friendly' book, just like it says in its title. I didn't give it a full five stars, because I think it should include a few more worked out examples per section. Nevertheless, it still has a fair number of worked examples and also quizes which are solved at the end of the book. All and all, I really enjoyed the book and consequently the course.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
A supportive reader Jan 13, 2005
By Horsefly
Let me begin by saying this book is written at a level for senior level B.S. and first year M.S. engineering (not math) students. It is the best book I've seen for introducing probability, random variables and related concepts to this student demographic (particularly to Elec. Eng. or Comp. Eng majors). It has all the introductory concepts and lays out the foundation for later subject matter in a seemless, easy to read and friendly manner. To qualify this statement, let me say that I had taken a similar engineering-related probability course in school a few years back that covered most of the same topics found in the Yates and Goodman book. I was confused about several issues even after I completed the course. It wasn't until I found this text and began reading it that all the questions and doubts I'd had went away. This text doesn't cover more advanced probability related concepts like entropy, mutual information and a host of others. What it does do is clearly provide you with the foundation in probability so that you can later read other more "involved" books like Stark and Woods or Papoulis and Pillai without the agony.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 How is this getting good reviews? May 18, 2010
By Carl Bycraft
So from a student that actually is using this book, this is terrible. Very few examples, skimming over content, and no answers! WHAT GOOD IS THIS BOOK IF YOU ONLY USE IT TO GET YOUR HOMEWORK PROBLEMS FROM THE CLASS?! I've learned more from searching wikipedia on the subject than reading this book. Maybe schools should choose books based on their content and their help to students rather than some sort of corporate money game with the book companies. I could only imagine those are the people giving this book a good review, or they have never even cracked it open and tried to learn probability for their first time from it. Thank you for teaching me nothing and wasting my time.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Relatively good Nov 24, 2009
By God
Although the examples are good, theorems, properties, and so on, are nicely organized and highlighted, there are no solutions for problems.
It is not just this book, but I'm really tired of spending hours upon hours doing questions for which I will have no idea if I completed them correctly. I like to do homework to identify and fill the gaps in my knowledge, not to do best guesses and merely hope that I will eventually get the solutions against which to compare my answers. By then, the exam (or quiz) is already right around the bend and new material is already being covered.
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