Poisson Processes (Oxford Studies in Probability) [Hardback, 116 pages]

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gtin13: 9780198536932 Item Length: 9.2 in MPN: N/A UPC: 9780198536932 EAN: 9780198536932 Item Weight: 12.3 Oz Type: Textbook Item Width: 6.1 in Format: Hardcover Series: Oxford Studies in Probability Ser. Subject: Probability & Statistics / Stochastic Processes, Probability & Statistics / General Book Title: Poisson Processes (Oxford Studies in Probability) ISBN: 9780198536932 Publication Name: Poisson Processes Subject Area: Mathematics Language: English Publication Year: 1993 Item Height: 0.5 in Number of Pages: 112 Pages Author: J. F. C. Kingman Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Description

Two fundamental theories are commonly debated in the study of random processes: the Bachelier Wiener model of Brownian motion, which has been the subject of many books, and the Poisson process. While nearly every book mentions the Poisson process, most hurry past to more general point processes or to Markov chains. This comparative neglect is ill judged, and stems from a lack of perception of the real importance of the Poisson process. This distortion partly comes about from a restriction to one dimension, while the theory becomes more natural in more general contexts. This book attempts to redress the balance. It records the author's fascination with the beauty and wide applicability of Poisson processes in one or more dimensions. The mathematical theory is powerful and a few key results often produce surprising consequences. Stochastic models for random sets of points; Poisson processes in general spaces; Sums over Poisson processes; Poisson processes on the line; Marked Poisson processes; Cox processes; Stochastic geometry; Complete random measures; The Poisson-Dirichlet distribution.