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BL
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704591
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b526780
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| Main Entry
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Nahin, Paul J
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| Title & Author
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Digital dice : computational solutions to practical probability problems /\ Paul J. Nahin
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton :: Princeton University Press,, c2008
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1 online resource (xi, 263 p.) :: ill
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| ISBN
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0691126984
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9780691126982
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The clumsy dishwasher problem -- Will Lil and Bill meet at the malt shop? -- A parallel parking question -- A curious coin-flipping game -- The Gamow-Stern elevator puzzle -- Steve's elevator problem -- The pipe smoker's discovery -- A toilet paper dilemma -- The forgetful burglar problem -- The umbrella quandary -- The case of the missing senators -- How many runners in a marathon? -- A police patrol problem -- Parrondo's paradox -- How long is the wait to get the potato salad? -- The appeals court paradox -- Waiting for buses -- Waiting for stoplights -- Electing emperors and popes -- An optimal stopping problem -- Chain reactions, branching processes, and baby boys -- Appendixes : 1. One way to guess on a test -- 2. An example of variance-reduction in the Monte Carlo method -- 3. Random harmonic sums -- 4. Solving Montmort's problem by recursion -- 5. An illustration of the inclusion-exclusion principle -- 6. Solutions to the spin game -- 7. How to simulate Kelvin's fair coin with a biased coin -- 8. How to simulate an exponential random variable -- 9. Index to author-created MATLAB m-files in the book
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Algorithms
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Probabilities, Problems, exercises, etc
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Probabilities-- Data processing
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| LC Classification
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QA273.25.N34 2008
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| Added Entry
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Ohio Library and Information Network
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| Parallel Title
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Computational solutions to practical probability problems
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