Probability, statistics, and decision for civil engineers

"This text covers the development of decision theory and related applications of probability. Extensive examples and illustrations cultivate students' appreciation for applications, including strength of materials, soil mechanics, construction planning, and water-resource design. Emphasis...

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Main Authors: Benjamin, Jack R. 1917-1998, (Author), Cornell, C. Allin, (Author)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 2014.
Edition: Dover edition.
Series: Dover books on engineering.
Subjects:
Probabilities.
Mathematical statistics.
Bayesian statistical decision theory.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9780486796093
0486796094
9781523106752
1523106751
9780486780726
0486780724
Physical Description: 1 online resource

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100 1 |a Benjamin, Jack R.  |q (Jack Ralph),  |d 1917-1998,  |e author.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHmXTVktFBxbF9wWFVhRC 
245 1 0 |a Probability, statistics, and decision for civil engineers /  |c Jack R. Benjamin, C. Allin Cornell. 
250 |a Dover edition. 
264 1 |a Mineola, New York :  |b Dover Publications,  |c 2014. 
300 |a 1 online resource 
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490 1 |a Dover Books on Engineering 
500 |a Reprint of: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1970. 
506 |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty 
520 |a "This text covers the development of decision theory and related applications of probability. Extensive examples and illustrations cultivate students' appreciation for applications, including strength of materials, soil mechanics, construction planning, and water-resource design. Emphasis on fundamentals makes the material accessible to students trained in classical statistics and provides a brief introduction to probability. 1970 edition"--  |c Provided by publisher 
505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Data Reduction; 1.1 Graphical Displays; 1.2 Numerical Summaries; 1.3 Data Observed in Pairs; 1.4 Summary for Chapter 1; Chapter 2 Elements of Probability Theory; 2.1 Random Events; 2.1.1 Sample Space and Events; 2.1.2 Probability Measure; 2.1.3 Simple Probabilities of Events; 2.1.4 Summary; 2.2 Random Variables and Distributions; 2.2.1 Random Variables; 2.2.2 Jointly Distributed Random Variables; 2.3 Derived Distributions; 2.3.1 One-variable Transformations: Y = g(X). 
505 8 |a 2.3.2 Functions of Two Random Variables2.3.3 Elementary Simulation; 2.3.4 Summary; 2.4 Moments and Expectation; 2.4.1 Moments of a Random Variable; 2.4.2 Expectation of a Function of a Random Variable; 2.4.3 Expectation and Jointly Distributed Random Variables; 2.4.4 Approximate Moments and Distributions of Functions; 2.4.5 Summary; 2.5 Summary for Chapter 2; Chapter 3 Common Probabilistic Models; 3.1 Models from Simple Discrete Random Trials; 3.1.1 A Single Trial: The Bernoulli Distribution; 3.1.2 Repeated Trials: The Binomial Distribution. 
505 8 |a 3.1.3 Repeated Trials: The Geometric and Negative Binomial Distributions3.1.4 Summary; 3.2 Models from Random Occurrences; 3.2.1 Counting Events: The Poisson Distribution; 3.2.2 Time between Events: The Exponential Distribution; 3.2.3 Time to the kth Event: The Gamma Distribution; 3.2.4 Summary; 3.3 Models from Limiting Cases; 3.3.1 The Model of Sums: The Normal Distribution; 3.3.2 The Model of Products: The Lognormal Distribution; 3.3.3 The Model of Extremes: The Extreme Value Distributions; 3.3.4 Summary; 3.4 Additional Common Distributions. 
505 8 |a 3.4.1 The Equally Likely Model: The Rectangular or Uniform Distribution3.4.2 The Beta Distribution; 3.4.3 Some Normal Related Distributions: Chi-square, Chi, t, and F; 3.4.4 Summary; 3.5 Modified Distributions; 3.5.1 Shifted and Transformed Distributions; 3.5.2 Truncated and Censored Distributions; 3.5.3 Compound Distributions; 3.5.4 Summary; 3.6 Multivariate Models; 3.6.1 Counting Multiple Events: The Multinomial Distribution; 3.6.2 The Multivariate Normal Distribution; 3.6.3 Summary; 3.7 Markov Chains; 3.7.1 Simple Markov Chains; 3.7.2 Two-state Homogeneous Chains. 
505 8 |a 3.7.3 Multistate Markov Chains3.7.4 Summary; 3.8 Summary for Chapter 3; Chapter 4 Probabilistic Models and Observed Data; 4.1 Estimation of Model Parameters; 4.1.1 The Method of Moments; 4.1.2 The Properties of Estimators: Their First- and Second-order Moments; 4.1.3 The Distributions of Estimators and Confidence-interval Estimation; 4.1.4 The Method of Maximum Likelihood; 4.1.5 Summary; 4.2 Significance Testing; 4.2.1 Hypothesis Testing; 4.2.2 Some Common Hypothesis Tests; 4.2.3 Summary; 4.3 Statistical Analysis of Linear Models; 4.3.1 Linear Models. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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650 0 |a Bayesian statistical decision theory. 
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