Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes with Errata Sheet

Papoulis, Athanasios, Pillai, S. Unnikrishna

ISBN 10: 0072817259 / ISBN 13: 9780072817256

Published by McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes with Errata Sheet
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072817259
• ISBN 13: 9780072817256
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Acceptable
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The fourth edition of Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes has been updated significantly from the previous edition, and it now includes co-author S. Unnikrishna Pillai of Polytechnic University. The book is intended for a senior/graduate level course in probability and is aimed at students in electrical engineering, math, and physics departments. The authors' approach is to develop the subject of probability theory and stochastic processes as a deductive discipline and to illustrate the theory with basic applications of engineering interest. Approximately 1/3 of the text is new material--this material maintains the style and spirit of previous editions. In order to bridge the gap between concepts and applications, a number of additional examples have been added for further clarity, as well as several new topics.

Review

This text is a classic in probability, statistics, and estimation and in the application of these fields to modern engineering problems. Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes assumes a strong college mathematics background. The first half of the text develops the basic machinery of probability and statistics from first principles while the second half develops applications of the basic theory. Topics in the first section include probability distributions and densities, random variables and vectors, expectations, covariance, correlations, functions of random variables and vectors, and conditional distributions and densities. In this third edition of the text, the second half of the book has been substantially updated and expanded to include new or revised discussions of the following topics: mean square estimation, likelihood tests, maximum entropy methods, Monte Carlo techniques, spectral representations and estimation, sampling theory, bispectra and system identification, cyclostationary processes, deterministic signals in noise, and the Wiener and Kalman filters. Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes covers a remarkable density of material and the clarity of both presentation and notation make this book invaluable as a text and a reference.