Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- I Tools and Techniques
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Game-Theoretic Techniques
- 3 Moments and Deviations
- 4 Tail Inequalities
- 5 The Probabilistic Method
- 6 Markov Chains and Random Walks
- 7 Algebraic Techniques
- II Applications
- Appendix A Notational Index
- Appendix B Mathematical Background
- Appendix C Basic Probability Theory
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
from I - Tools and Techniques
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- I Tools and Techniques
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Game-Theoretic Techniques
- 3 Moments and Deviations
- 4 Tail Inequalities
- 5 The Probabilistic Method
- 6 Markov Chains and Random Walks
- 7 Algebraic Techniques
- II Applications
- Appendix A Notational Index
- Appendix B Mathematical Background
- Appendix C Basic Probability Theory
- References
- Index
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- Randomized Algorithms , pp. 3 - 27Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995