Probability Theory
Subtitle: The Logic of Science
Contributors: G. Larry Bretthorst (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 9, 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 727
ISBN-13: 9780521592710
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Probability & statistics; Theoretical methods; Probability & Statistics - General; Science; Science/Mathematics; Mathematical Physics; Science / Mathematical Physics; Probabilities
Other titles: PTLOS
First sentence: Suppose some dark night a policeman walks down a street, apparently deserted.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: Part I. Principles and Elementary Applications:; title: 1. Plausible reasoning; title: 2. The quantitative rules; title: 3. Elementary sampling theory; title: 4. Elementary hypothesis testing; title: 5. Queer uses for probability theory; title: 6. Elementary parameter estimation; title: 7. The central, Gaussian or normal distribution; title: 8. Sufficiency, ancillarity, and all that; title: 9. Repetitive experiments, probability and frequency; title: 10. Physics of 'random experiments'; title: Part II. Advanced Applications:; title: 11. Discrete prior probabilities, the entropy principle; title: 12. Ignorance priors and transformation groups; title: 13. Decision theory: historical background; title: 14. Simple applications of decision theory; title: 15. Paradoxes of probability theory; title: 16. Orthodox methods: historical background; title: 17. Principles and pathology of orthodox statistics; title: 18. The Ap distribution and rule of succession; title: 19. Physical measurements; title: 20. Model comparison; title: 21. Outliers and robustness; title: 22. Introduction to communication theory; title: References; title: Appendix A. Other approaches to probability theory; title: Appendix B. Mathematical formalities and style; title: Appendix C. Convolutions and cumulants