Digital dice
Digital dice: computational solutions to practical probability problems Paul J. Nahin,
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
ISBN: 0691126984
DDC: 519.2076
LCC: QA273.25
Edition: (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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