The Doctrine of Chances
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Publication:3528112
DOI10.1007/978-3-540-78783-9zbMath1198.60001WikidataQ63322750 ScholiaQ63322750MaRDI QIDQ3528112
Publication date: 6 October 2008
Published in: Probability and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78783-9
60G42: Martingales with discrete parameter
60-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to probability theory
60C05: Combinatorial probability
60G40: Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory
91A60: Probabilistic games; gambling
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