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Schaum's Outline of Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes | 
 enlarge | Author: Hwei Hsu
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Edition: 1
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0070306443
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.2076
EAN: 9780070306448
Publication Date: October 1, 1996
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Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you - Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge
- Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field
- In-depth review of practices and applications
Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores! Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.
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Simple & Straightforward November 10, 2003
Vikram Chellappa (Boston, MA USA)
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
Probability is a hard subject to understand for many and I am no exception. There is no one book that can present the subject matter in clear and precise way. This Schaum's outline as the title suggests is a good outline. It sums up the various topics and like other Schaum's texts solves a huge number of relevent problems. But it cannot be used as a substitute for a text. I cannot suggest any one text (Papoulis, Garcia, Gharamani etc.)either because I haven't found a satisfactory one so far. I have taken probability at different levels of education and the one thing that I have come to realize is that an understanding of the subject only develops over time. There is no magic solution except that you have be it for a while until your mind begins to think along the same lines. But I'd definitely suggest this book as a supplement to any text. In fact, call it a mandatory supplement.
Do the exercises! March 31, 2005
Selwyn (Toronto, Ontario Canada)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
If you are taking a course on probability and stochastic process, and are struggling in your course, then look no further. Start working on the problems in this study guide. Like many other reviewers of this study guide, I was one of those "saved" by this book. (My course text was Papoulis.)
Let me outline the pros of this book:
+ Consistent mathematical notations and conventions
+ Systematic and organized (easily identifiable chapters, sections, and subsections that flow logically from one to another)
+ Excellent summary of difficult concepts at the beginning of each chapter
+ Every end-of-chapter problem adds to your understanding (I'm not saying "most of them", I mean "every"!)
+ Every problem solution is concise and well-presented
The only suggestion to the book:
- Add more intermediate/advanced material into this study guide (e.g. more on Markov Process/Markov chain, Martingales, Poisson Process, advanced Queueing Theory, etc.)
If you like this book, you should also consider the other books (study guides) written by Dr. Hsu as well. Most of them are as compact, concise, and clear as this one.
THANK YOU SCHAUM"S! May 14, 2006
Nicole Henry (UCLA Los Angeles, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is a GOD SEND. I have been utterly confused in my upper division probability course, but this book has so many great worked out problems that it worked out all my problems understanding the subject material. I thought I would fail the class, but I will probably get a B!
Essential supplement for any course in random processes October 10, 2005
calvinnme (Fredericksburg, Va)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I used this book in conjunction with "Probability and Random Processes with Applications to Signal Processing" by Stark & Woods, and I would have to say that this Schaum's outline filled in the gaps nicely. Stark & Woods has a nice selection of exercises, but unfortunately there are no solutions to any of the problems in the book, so you have no way of knowing whether or not you have grasped the material. That is where this outline came in handy. It manages to cover all of the issues in random processes, including basic probability, random variables and multiple random variables, functions of random variables, convolution, estimation and decision theory, and queueing theory. Chapters five and six on the processing and analysis of random processes are particularly useful to those readers who are interested in applications to signal processing and communications theory. Each chapter has an excellent selection of exercises with solutions to test your knowledge. The only possible drawback of this text is that it often approaches the material from a mathematician's viewpoint more than that of an engineer. Therefore, there are quite a few proofs included as exercises that probably won't be that helpful for students of the applied sciences. The reader should already be comfortable with multivariable calculus as well as linear algebra to get the most from this book. Also, though chapter one reviews probability quite well, this should probably not be your first excursion into the subject. The only difficult part of random processes that I found this book a bit weak on was on the subject of functions of random variables. Again, this is probably because this text takes more of a mathematician's point of view and functions of random variables is more of an engineering subject.
A great supplement to your text book July 28, 2005
Bilal Masood (Islamabad, Pakistan)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love this book's great collection of solved examples and problem exercises. It will definitely improve your understanding and clear out a lot of doubts. I would not recommend it to be used as a sole textbook. There is simply not enough theoratical information. It is definitely a very good supplement to any classic text on probability and stochastics.
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