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Intermediate Probability is the natural extension of the author's Fundamental Probability. It details several highly important topics, from standard ones such as order statistics, multivariate normal, and convergence concepts, to more advanced ones which are usually not addressed at this mathematical level, or have never previously appeared in textbook form. The author adopts a computational approach throughout, allowing the reader to directly implement the methods, thus greatly enhancing the learning experience and clearly illustrating the applicability, strengths, and weaknesses of the theory. The book:* Places great emphasis on the numeric computation of convolutions of random variables, via numeric integration, inversion theorems, fast Fourier transforms, saddlepoint approximations, and simulation.* Provides introductory material to required mathematical topics such as complex numbers, Laplace and Fourier transforms, matrix algebra, confluent hypergeometric functions, digamma functions, and Bessel functions.* Presents full derivation and numerous computational methods of the stable Paretian and the singly and doubly non-central distributions.* A whole chapter is dedicated to mean-variance mixtures, NIG, GIG, generalized hyperbolic and numerous related distributions.* A whole chapter is dedicated to nesting, generalizing, and asymmetric extensions of popular distributions, as have become popular in empirical finance and other applications.* Provides all essential programming code in Matlab and R. The user-friendly style of writing and attention to detail means that self-study is easily possible, making the book ideal for senior undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics, statistics, econometrics, finance, insurance, and computer science, as well as researchers and professional statisticians working in these fields.

Table of Contents:
Preface. I Sums of Random Variables. 1 Generating functions. 1.1 The moment generating function. 1.2 Characteristic functions. 1.3 Use of the fast Fourier transform. 1.4 Multivariate case. 1.5 Problems. 2 Sums and other functions of several random variables. 2.1 Weighted sums of independent random variables. 2.2 Exact integral expressions for functions of two continuous random variables. 2.3 Approximating the mean and variance. 2.4 Problems. 3 The multivariate normal distribution. 3.1 Vector expectation and variance. 3.2 Basic properties of the multivariate normal. 3.3 Density and moment generating function. 3.4 Simulation and c.d.f. calculation. 3.5 Marginal and conditional normal distributions. 3.6 Partial correlation. 3.7 Joint distribution of Xbar and S2 for i.i.d. normal samples. 3.8 Matrix algebra. 3.9 Problems. II Asymptotics and Other Approximations. 4 Convergence concepts. 4.1 Inequalities for random variables. 4.2 Convergence of sequences of sets. 4.3 Convergence of sequences of random variables. 4.4 The central limit theorem. 4.5 Problems. 5 Saddlepoint approximations. 5.1 Univariate. 5.2 Multivariate. 5.3 The hypergeometric functions 1F1 and 2F1. 5.4 Problems. 6 Order statistics. 6.1 Distribution theory for i.i.d. samples. 6.2 Further examples. 6.3 Distribution theory for dependent samples. 6.4 Problems. III More Flexible and Advanced Random Variables. 7 Generalizing and mixing. 7.1 Basic methods of extension. 7.2 Weighted sums of independent random variables. 7.3 Mixtures. 7.4 Problems. 8 The stable Paretian distribution. 8.1 Symmetric stable. 8.2 Asymmetric stable. 8.3 Moments. 8.4 Simulation. 8.5 Generalized central limit theorem. 9 Generalized inverse Gaussian and generalized hyperbolic distributions. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 The modified Bessel function of the third kind. 9.3 Mixtures of normal distributions. 9.4 The generalized inverse Gaussian distribution. 9.5 The generalized hyperbolic distribution. 9.6 Properties of the GHyp distribution family. 9.7 Problems. 10 Noncentral distributions. 10.1 Noncentral chi-square. 10.2 Singly and doubly noncentral F. 10.3 Noncentral beta. 10.4 Singly and doubly noncentral t. 10.5 Saddlepoint uniqueness for the doubly noncentral F. 10.6 Problems. A Notation and distribution tables. References. Index.

About the Author :
Marc S Paolella, Professor of Empirical Finance, Swiss Banking Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Review :
"I thoroughly enjoyed Intermediate Probability. I was so thrilled with it that I have shared it with some of my colleagues. They have called it a 'gold mine' of problems and resources, and describing it as 'amazing.' ... I highly recommend it." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, September 2009) "The reader-friendly style of the text itself would make the book appropriate for self-study or classroom adoption." (MAA Reviews, December 2007)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470035061
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Height: 253 mm
  • No of Pages: 430
  • Weight: 962 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0470035064
  • Publisher Date: 14 Sep 2007
  • Binding: Other digital
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Width: 177 mm


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