1st Edition

Polya Urn Models

By Hosam Mahmoud Copyright 2008
306 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

306 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

312 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

Incorporating a collection of recent results, Pólya Urn Models deals with discrete probability through the modern and evolving urn theory and its numerous applications. The book first substantiates the realization of distributions with urn arguments and introduces several modern tools, including exchangeability and stochastic processes via urns. It reviews classical probability problems and... Read more
Urn Models and Rudiments of Discrete Probability. Some Classical Urn Problems.Pólya Urn Models.Poissonization. The Depoissonization Heuristic. Urn Schemes with Random Replacement.Analytic Urns.Applications of Pólya Urns in Informatics.Urn Schemes in Bioscience.Urns Evolving by Multiple Drawing. Answers to Exercises. Notation. Bibliographic Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Biography

Hosam Mahmoud