Discrete Stochastic Processes

By Robert G. Gallager

Book Overview

1996

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461359864
• ISBN13: 9781461359869
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Terrific Text, better than going to class

This is a great textbook. It gives a great treatment of the subject, with the right mix of intuition and mathematical rigor. It is one of those rare textbooks that you can read carefully and simply forget about going to the lectures.

Provides excellent intuitive explanations

While Gallager is lacking in mathematical rigor and in typeface aesthetics, it is a superb book for understanding the intuition underlying the theorems. Sheldon Ross's book is more rigorous but does not offer as much intuition. The two books together make an excellent team.

Worth having!

Although the aesthetics (print, figures etc) of the book leave something to be desired, this is definitely a book one can get a lot out of. Gallager's treatment of the subject matter favors simplicity and his thought process is usually easy to follow. Occasionally one finds less than water tight proofs but all in all this is a great addition to the bookshelf.

Great Book

A great book to have. The book gives you real deep insight into the theorems of probability, queing systems and discrete stochastic processes. What most advanced level books on stochastic processes dont have is the explaination of the theorems because authors assume the audiance to be mathematicians. Gallegers book is more for engineers and less for mathematicicans.