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The Craft of Probabilistic Modelling. A Collection of Personal Accounts.
J. . Ed(S): Gani
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Paperback. Editor(s): Gani, J. Series: Applied Probability. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
This book brings together the personal accounts and reflections of nineteen mathematical model-builders, whose specialty is probabilistic modelling. The reader may well wonder why, apart from personal interest, one should commission and edit such a collection of articles. There are, of course, many reasons, but perhaps the three most relevant are: (i) a philosophicaJ interest in conceptual models; this is an interest shared by everyone who has ever puzzled over the relationship between thought and reality; (ii) a conviction, not unsupported by empirical evidence, that probabilistic modelling has an important contribution to make to scientific research; and finally (iii) a ... Read more
This book brings together the personal accounts and reflections of nineteen mathematical model-builders, whose specialty is probabilistic modelling. The reader may well wonder why, apart from personal interest, one should commission and edit such a collection of articles. There are, of course, many reasons, but perhaps the three most relevant are: (i) a philosophicaJ interest in conceptual models; this is an interest shared by everyone who has ever puzzled over the relationship between thought and reality; (ii) a conviction, not unsupported by empirical evidence, that probabilistic modelling has an important contribution to make to scientific research; and finally (iii) a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
Series
Applied Probability
Number of Pages
313
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461386339
SKU
V9781461386339
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