Bean, Michael A 1964-

Probability : the science of uncertainty with applications to investments, insurance, and engineering / Michael A. Bean - Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/Cole, c2001 - xiii, 448 p. ; 25 cm. - The Brooks/Cole series in advanced mathematics .

1. Introduction. - 2. A Survey of Some Basic Conepts Through Examples. - 3. Classical Probability. - 4. Random Variables and Probability Distributions. - 5. Special Discrete Distributions. - 6. Special Continuous Distributions. - 7. Transformations of Random Variables. - 8. Sums and Products of Random Variables. - 9. Mixtures and Compound Distributions. - 10. The Markowitz Investment Portfolio Selection Model. - Appendixes. - Answers to Selected Exercises. - Index.

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