next up previous contents
Next: Mathematical modelsand stochastic Up: Applied Probability and Stochastic Previous: Sample book fragment ©1996

Random phenomena

  
Definition of a Tree: A tree is a woody plant with erect perennial trunk of at least 3.5 inches (7.5 centimeters) in diameter at breast height (4 tex2html_wrap_inline1126 feet or 1.3 meters), a definitely formed crown of foliage, and a height of at least 13 feet (4 meters).
The Auborn Society Field Guide to North American Trees.

This chapter introduces fundamental concepts of probability theory; events, and their chances. For the readers who are familiar with elementary probability it may be refreshing to see the computer used for counting elementary events, and randomization used to solve a deterministic optimization problem.

The questions are





Send comment