Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers

by Walter Rosenkrantz

Book Overview

This text presents the fundamental ideas of probability theory and statistics, with numerous applications to engineering and computer science relating to topics such as reliability, queuing theory and computer performance analysis. The value of data analysis as a set of visual tools is stressed, and many of the examples, applications and problems utilize real data from a variety of sources. A smaller number of modern data sets are analyzed using a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007053988X
• ISBN13: 9780070539884
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Royal Statistical Society review

This book was reviewed in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D, vol.48,Part 3, 1999, p.461. Excerpts from this review follow: ``All the main areas of probability and statistics that are expected in such a text-book are covered...The book is well presented, with colour used thoughtfully throughout...In summary, this book has been thoughtfully put together and has no glaring omissions or weaknesses...This book already has many competitors.. but I can see no reason why it should not be as succesful as the best of the otheres on the market."David G.T. Denison, Imperial College, LondonSubmitted by the author (W.A. Rosenkrantz)