Download or read book A History of Inverse Probability written by Andrew I. Dale and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is thought as necessary to write a Preface before a Book, as it is judged civil, when you invite a Friend to Dinner, to proffer him a Glass of Hock beforehand for a Whet. John Arbuthnot, from the preface to his translation of Huygens's "De Ratiociniis in Ludo Alooe". Prompted by an awareness of the importance of Bayesian ideas in modern statistical theory and practice, I decided some years ago to undertake a study of the development and growth of such ideas. At the time it seemed appropriate to begin such an investigation with an examination of Bayes's Essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances and Laplace's Theorie analytique des probabilites, and then to pass swiftly on to a brief consideration of other nineteenth century works before turning to what would be the main topic of the treatise, videlicet the rise of Bayesian statis tics from the 1950's to the present day. It soon became apparent, however, that the amount of Bayesian work published was such that a thorough investigation of the topic up to the 1980's would require several volumes - and also run the risk of incurring the wrath of extant authors whose writings would no doubt be misrepre sented, or at least be so described. It seemed wise, therefore, to restrict the period and the subject under study in some way, and I decided to con centrate my attention on inverse probability from Thomas Bayes to Karl Pearson.
Download or read book The Johns Hopkins University Circular written by Johns Hopkins University and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes University catalogues, President's report, Financial report, registers, announcement material, etc.
Download or read book SINGULARITES JALONS SUR LES CHEMINS DE LA VIE written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Creative Power of Chance written by Rémy Lestienne and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1859, Charles Darwin used chance to introduce random mutations and selection as the basis for his theory of evolution. Since then, chance has invaded every corner of scientific inquiry. French scientist Remy Lestienne argues that chance is a real creative force and cites scientific evidence for the presence of true chance in the world.
Download or read book Probabilit s et statistiques l usage de l ing nieur written by ZAÏDI Abdelhamid and published by Lavoisier. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La théorie des probabilités concerne la modélisation du hasard et le calcul des probabilités, son évaluation. La statistique fournit des outils pour la caractérisation du hasard à partir de son observation et constitue un outil incontournable d'aide à la décision. Ce livre présente la théorie des probabilités et de la statistique généralement enseignée aux ingénieurs. Tout en consacrant plus d'espace aux probabilités, il contient tous les sujets essentiels de la statistique. Il comporte trois parties : la première est une introduction à la théorie des probabilités, la deuxième partie est consacrée à l'étude des processus de Markov à temps discret et continu et aux systèmes de files d'attente, la troisième partie aborde des sujets d'usage courant de la statistique inférentielle : l'estimation, la théorie des tests et la régression linéaire. L'accent est mis sur les applications des résultats théoriques. Des exercices corrigés extraits de divers champs d'application et des programmes de simulation accompagnent chaque chapitre de l'ouvrage. Les algorithmes de simulation sont traduits en langage MATLAB en vertu de la simplicité de la syntaxe de ce dernier et de son accessibilité à bon nombre de scientifiques. Les fonctions prédéfinies dans les boîtes à outils accompagnant le logiciel MATLAB ne sont pas systématiquement utilisées afin de permettre au lecteur de traduire les programmes proposés dans n'importe quel autre langage. Ce manuel s'adresse principalement aux étudiants en génie et en sciences appliquées. Il intéresse également les enseignants, les chercheurs, les ingénieurs (génie logiciel, télécommunication, maintenance, finance) et constitue un support de cours dans les écoles d'ingénieurs et les universités.
Download or read book Proceedings written by Society for Psychical Research and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ROBERT CHALLE written by Jacques Cormier and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Etudes sur les oeuvres de Robert Challe : les "Illustres françaises", le "Journal de voyage" et les "Difficultés sur la religion proposées au père Malebranche" révèlent un mélange détonant de rire et de goguenardise, et les nombreux aspects originaux d'une époque incertaine qui voit la fin du règne de Louis le Grand et l'aube des Lumières.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research written by Society for Psychical Research (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in v.1-19, 21, 24-
Download or read book Probability and Opinion written by Edmund F. Byrne and published by Springer. This book was released on 1968 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern physics has accustomed us to consider events which cannot give rise to certainty in our knowledge. A scientific knowledge of such events is nevertheless possible. The method which has enabled us to obtain a stable and exact knowledge about uncertain events consists in a kind of changing of plane and in the replacing of the study of indi vidual phenomena by the study of statistical aggregates to which those phenomena can give rise. A statistical aggregate is not a collection of real phenomena, among which some would happen more often, others more rarely. It is a set of possibilities relative to a certain object or to a certain type of phenomenon. For example, we could consider the differ ent ways in which a die, thrown in given conditions, can fall: they are the possible results of a certain trial, the casting of the die (in the fore seen conditions). The set of those results constitutes effectively a set of possibilities, relative to a phenomenon of a certain type, the fall of the die in specified circumstances. Similarly, it is possible to consider the different velocities which can affect a molecule in a volume of gas; the set of those velocities constitutes effectively a set of possible values which a physical property, namely the velocity of a molecule, can have.
Download or read book Dictionnaire Anglais fran ais written by Jules Guiraud and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What are Coincidences A Philosophical Guide Between Science and Common Sense written by Alessandra Melas and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a common opinion that chance events cannot be understood in causal terms. Conversely, according to a causal view of chance, intersections between independent causal chains originate accidental events, called “coincidences”. Firstly, this book explores this causal conception of chance and tries to shed new light on it. Such a view has been defended by authors like Antoine Augustine Cournot and Jacques Monod. Second, a relevant alternative is provided by those accounts that, instead of acknowledging an intersection among causal lines, claim to track coincidences back to some common cause. Third, starting from Herbert Hart and Anthony Honoré’s view of coincidences (Causation in the Law. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1959). This book provides a more detailed account of coincidences, according to which coincidental events are hybrids constituted by ontic (physical) components, which is the intersection between independent causal chains, plus epistemic aspects, including but not limited to, access to information, expectations, relevance, significance, desires, which in turn are psychological aspects. The main target of the present work is to show that the epistemic aspects of coincidences are, together with the independence between the intersecting causal chains, a constitutive part of coincidental phenomena. This book aims to introduce and discuss recent work in psychology concerning one’s judgment about coincidences; this data offers further materials and reasons to reflect upon our understanding of coincidences and to refine our hybrid conception.
Download or read book A Treatise on Probability written by John Maynard Keynes and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Figures of Chance I written by Anne Duprat and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figures of Chance I: Chance in Literature and the Arts (16th–21st Centuries) proposes a transhistorical analysis that will serve as a reference work on the evolution of literary and artistic representations of chance and contingency. Alongside its multidisciplinary companion volume (Figures of Chance II), it considers how the projective and predictive capacity of societies is shaped by representations and cultural models of a reality that is understood, to varying degrees, to be contingent, unpredictable, or chaotic. Giving special emphasis to the French context while also developing broad cross-cultural comparisons, this volume examines the dialogue between evolving conceptions and changing representations of chance, from Renaissance figures of Fortune to the data-driven world of the present. Written by recognized specialists of each of the periods studied, it identifies and historicizes the main fictional and factual modes of portraying, narrating, and comprehending chance in the West.
Download or read book Bulletin de L Institut International de Statistique written by International Statistical Institute and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to Geometrical Probability written by A.M. Mathai and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A useful guide for researchers and professionals, graduate and senior undergraduate students, this book provides an in-depth look at applied and geometrical probability with an emphasis on statistical distributions. A meticulous treatment of geometrical probability, kept at a level to appeal to a wider audience including applied researchers who will find the book to be both functional and practical with the large number of problems chosen from different disciplines A few topics such as packing and covering problems that have a vast literature are introduced here at a peripheral level for the purpose of familiarizing readers who are new to the area of research.
