Play of Chance and Purpose: An Invitation to Probability, Statistics, and Stochasticity Using Simulations and Projects

Author:   Amrik Sen (Plaksha University, Punjab)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009338394


Pages:   350
Publication Date:   28 February 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Play of Chance and Purpose: An Invitation to Probability, Statistics, and Stochasticity Using Simulations and Projects


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Play of Chance and Purpose emphasizes learning probability, statistics, and stochasticity by developing intuition and fostering imagination as a pedagogical approach. This book is meant for undergraduate and graduate students of basic sciences, applied sciences, engineering, and social sciences as an introduction to fundamental as well as advanced topics. The text has evolved out of the author's experience of teaching courses on probability, statistics, and stochastic processes at both undergraduate and graduate levels in India and the United States. Readers will get an opportunity to work on several examples from real-life applications and pursue projects and case-study analyses as capstone exercises in each chapter. Many projects involve the development of visual simulations of complex stochastic processes. This will augment the learners' comprehension of the subject and consequently train them to apply their learnings to solve hitherto unseen problems in science and engineering.

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Author:   Amrik Sen (Plaksha University, Punjab)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.00cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9781009338394


ISBN 10:   1009338390
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   28 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Thinking in Probability; Chapter 2. Probability Distributions; Chapter 3. Discrete Time Markov Chains; Chapter 4. Continuous Time Markov Chains and Queues; Chapter 5. Statistical Experiments; Chapter 6. Prediction and Time Series Modelling; Chapter 7. Glimpses of multivariate statistics; Appendix: A Brief Tour of Matrices; Appendix: A Breeze through MATLAB; Index.

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