The doctrine of chances
probabilistic aspects of gambling
Our rough guess is there are 204,000 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 13 hours and 36 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 27 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Word Count
204,000 words, Guess
Page Count
816 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25066274M
- ISBN-139783540787822
- ISBN-103540787828
- OCLC Control Number646834176
- OCLC Control Number227033885
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2010927487
Classifications
- DDC519.27
- LCCQA271 .E84 2010
- LCCQA273.A1-274.9
and 1 more
- LCCQA271 .E75 2010
Description
Three centuries ago Montmort and De Moivre published two of the first books on probability theory, then called the doctrine of chances, emphasizing its most important application at that time, games of chance. This volume, on the probabilistic aspects of gambling, is a modern version of those classics. While covering the classical material such as house advantage and gambler's ruin, it also takes up such 20th-century topics as martingales, Markov chains, game theory, bold play, and optimal proportional play. In addition there is extensive coverage of specific casino games such as roulette, craps, video poker, baccarat, and twenty-one. The volume addresses researchers and graduate students in probability theory, stochastic processes, game theory, operations research, statistics but it is also accessible to undergraduate students, who have had a course in probability.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Probability and its applications
- Probability and its applications (Springer-Verlag)
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!