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Topics in Contemporary Probability and Its Applications

Medical Entomology and ZoologyPublished 18 April 1995
J. Laurie Snell
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TL;DR

The Bandit Model for Decision Processes, Optimal Strategy, and Computer Implementation, and Stochastic Games and Operators are presented.

Abstract

Uniform Random Spanning Trees. Random Walks: Simple and Self Avoiding. Some Connections between Brownian Motion and Analysis via Stochastic Calculus. Can You Feel the Shape of a Manifold with Brownian Motion? Some New Games for Your Computer. Cellular Automata with Errors: Problems for Students of Probability. Metropolis-Type Monte Carlo Simulation Algorithms and Simulated Annealing. Random Graphs in Ecology. How Many Times Should You Shuffle a Deck of Cards? Stochastic Games and Operators. Decisions, Decisions: The Bandit Model for Decision Processes, Optimal Strategy, and Computer Implementation. Three Bewitching Paradoxes. Index.

Keywords

Computer SciencePhysics and Astronomy