Urn models and their application
Subtitle: an approach to modern discrete probability theory
By: Norman L. Johnson, Samuel Kotz.
Contributors: Kotz, Samuel, joint author.
Series: Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Probabilities; Distribution (Probability theory)
First sentence: It is a main purpose of this book to demonstrate how a very considerable number of results in probability theory can be derived from simple urn models.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Introductory Background: Basic Concepts and Methods
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Some Special Distributions (Mostly via Urn Models)
pagenum: 71; label: 3
title: Occupancy and Related Problems
pagenum: 107; label: 4
title: Urn Models with Stochastic Replacements
pagenum: 176; label: 5
title: Applications
pagenum: 238; label: 6
title: Limit Distributions for Urn Models
pagenum: 315