

This book contains material on compound Poisson random variables including an identity which can be used to efficiently compute moments, Poisson approximations, and coverage of the mean time spent in transient states as well as examples relating to the Gibba s sampler, the Metropolis...

A nonmeasure theoretic introduction to stochastic processes. Considers its diverse range of applications and provides readers with probabilistic intuition and insight in thinking about problems. This revised edition contains additional material on compound Poisson random variables...

