Digital Dice: Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems - Paperback
by Paul Nahin
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Availability:In StockContributor:Paul NahinSeries:Princeton PuzzlersPublish date:2013-03-24Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691158211ISBN-10:691158215UPC:9780691158211Book Category:Computers, MathematicsBook Subcategory:Mathematical & Statistical Software, Probability & Statistics, Recreations & GamesSize:8.95 x 4.95 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCAMD4XVPB
Digital Dice: Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems
Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number generator simulates a physical process, such as a million rolls of a pair of dice. This is what Digital Dice is all about: how to get numerical answers to difficult probability...
Series: Princeton Puzzlers
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691158211ISBN-10:691158215UPC:9780691158211Book Category:Computers, MathematicsBook Subcategory:Mathematical & Statistical Software, Probability & Statistics, Recreations & GamesSize:8.95 x 4.95 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCAMD4XVPB
Paul J. Nahin is the author of many best-selling popular-math books, including Chases and Escapes, Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula, When Least is Best, Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers, and An Imaginary Tale (all Princeton). He is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire.
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