Joaquim P Marques de Sa – Chance: The Life of Games and the Game of Life

Chance: The Life of Games and the Game of LifeBy: Joaquim P. Marques de SaPublisher: Springer (2008)Pages: 236Format: Ebook (PDF)With its many easy-to-follow mathematical examples, this book takes the reader on an almost chronological trip through the fascinating and amazing laws of chance, omnipresent in the natural world and in our daily lives. Along the route many fascinating topics are discussed, such as: challenging probability paradoxes; “paranormal” coincidences; game odds; causes and effects; interpretation of opinion polls; winning chances as a game proceeds; the nature of randomness; entropy and randomness; randomness in life; algorithmic complexity and the undecidability of randomness; possibilities and limitations of learning the laws of a Universe immersed in chance events. This charming book will inform and entertain the scientist and non-scientist alike.About the Author:J.P. Marques de Sá is Full Professor at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Porto. He is chairman of the Signal Processing Group of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Porto. His research interests are in the areas of Physiological Signal Analysis, Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks. He is a reviewer for several scientific journals and chairman of the “Summer School on Neural Networks” annually held at Porto. He is author of six books, four in Portuguese and two in English.Table of contents (10 chapters)Probabilities and Games of ChancePages 1-24Amazing ConditionsPages 25-43Expecting to WinPages 45-65The Wonderful CurvePages 67-91Probable InferencesPages 93-106Fortune and RuinPages 107-123The Nature of ChancePages 125-151Noisy IrregularitiesPages 153-173Chance and OrderPages 175-197Living with ChancePages 199-214 Get Download Joaquim P Marques de Sa – Chance: The Life of Games and the Game of Life at Forimc.net right now!Salepage: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783540744160Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/kuWjZDelivery Method– After your purchase, you’ll see a View your orders link which goes to the Downloads page. Here, you can download all the files associated with your order. – Downloads are available once your payment is confirmed, we’ll also send you a download notification email separate from any transaction notification emails you receive from esy[GB]. – Since it is a digital copy, our suggestion is to download and save it to your hard drive. In case the link is broken for any reason, please contact us and we will resend the new download link. – If you cannot find the download link, please don’t worry about that. We will update and notify you as soon as possible at 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM (UTC+8).Thank You For Shopping With Us!