Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART ONE PROBABILITY IN ACTION
- PART TWO ESSENTIALS OF PROBABILITY
- 7 Foundations of probability theory
- 8 Conditional probability and Bayes
- 9 Basic rules for discrete random variables
- 10 Continuous random variables
- 11 Jointly distributed random variables
- 12 Multivariate normal distribution
- 13 Conditional distributions
- 14 Generating functions
- 15 Markov chains
- Appendix Counting methods and ex
- Recommended reading
- Answers to odd-numbered problems
- Bibliography
- Index
14 - Generating functions
from PART TWO - ESSENTIALS OF PROBABILITY
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART ONE PROBABILITY IN ACTION
- PART TWO ESSENTIALS OF PROBABILITY
- 7 Foundations of probability theory
- 8 Conditional probability and Bayes
- 9 Basic rules for discrete random variables
- 10 Continuous random variables
- 11 Jointly distributed random variables
- 12 Multivariate normal distribution
- 13 Conditional distributions
- 14 Generating functions
- 15 Markov chains
- Appendix Counting methods and ex
- Recommended reading
- Answers to odd-numbered problems
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Understanding ProbabilityChance Rules in Everyday Life, pp. 367 - 384Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007