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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Nahin, Paul J.     Subjects     MATLAB.     Probabilities -- Problems, exercises, etc.     Probabilities -- Data processing.     Algorithms.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nahin, Paul J.       by title:      Digital dice : compu...         MARC Display

Digital dice : computational solutions to practical probability problems / Paul J. Nahin. by Nahin, Paul J. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008. Subjects MATLAB.   Probabilities -- Problems, exercises, etc.   Probabilities -- Data processing.   Algorithms. ISBN:  9780691126982 (cloth : alk. paper) : 0691126984 (cloth : alk. paper) : Description:  xi, 263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Contents:  The clumsy dishwasher problem -- Will Lil and Bill meet at the malt shop? -- A parallel parking question -- A curious coin-flipping game -- The Gamow-Stern elevator puzzle -- Steve's elevator problem -- The pipe smoker's discovery -- A toilet paper dilemma -- The forgetful burglar problem -- The umbrella quandary -- The case of the missing senators -- How many runners in a marathon? -- A police patrol problem -- Parrondo's paradox -- How long is the wait to get the potato salad? -- The appeals court paradox -- Waiting for buses -- Waiting for stoplights -- Electing emperors and popes -- An optimal stopping problem -- Chain reactions, branching processes, and baby boys -- Appendixes: 1. One way to guess on a test -- 2. An example of variance-reduction in the Monte Carlo method -- 3. Random harmonic sums -- 4. Solving Montmort's problem by recursion -- 5. An illustration of the inclusion-exclusion principle -- 6. Solutions to the spin game -- 7. How to simulate Kelvin's fair coin with a biased coin -- 8. How to simulate an exponential random variable -- 9. Index to author-created MATLAB m-files in the book. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 519.2076 Na Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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