Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes: 4th Edition

Author: Papoulis
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is a classic textbook written by the renowned American scholar Professor A. Papoulis. Since its first edition in 1965, it has now been revised to the fourth edition. It has been used as a graduate textbook for related majors in many universities in the United States and has remained popular for a long time. It is cited the most in the U.S. "Citation." In the fourth edition, the author systematically and progressively presents the content of probability theory and stochastic processes by following deductive rules and combining a large number of engineering examples that are very interesting. This book can be used as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in probability theory and stochastic processes, primarily for students in electronic and computer engineering, mathematics, and physics. The book covers multiple topics and can be used for two or three different courses. Approximately one-third of the content in the fourth edition is new (Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10), including several new topics and new content in Chapters 15 and 16... This book is divided into 16 chapters, covering topics such as the meaning of probability, the concept of random variables, functions of univariate random variables, sequences of random variables, statistics, random walks, and their applications, among others.