The first step is to ensure that the given distribution actually is a valid probability distribution. As mentioned earlier, ...

Continuous Variable: can take on any value between two specified values. Obtained by measuring. Covariance: a measure of the direction of the linear relationship between two variables. Discrete ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper studies a new class of Z-valued random variables, called beta unimodal, which are 'dot products' (in the sense of Steutel and van ...

This is a graduate-level course focused on techniques and models in modern discrete probability. Topics include: the first and second moment methods, martingales, concentration inequalities, branching ...

Journal of Applied Probability and Advances in Applied Probability have for four decades provided a forum for original research and reviews in applied probability, mapping the development of ...

This is a graduate-level course focused on techniques and models in modern discrete probability. Topics include: the first and second moment methods, Chernoff bounds and large deviations, martingales, ...