The Doctrine of Chances

DOI10.1007/978-3-540-78783-9MaRDI QIDQ3528112zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Stewart N. Ethier

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

zbMATH Keywords

probabilitygambling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Martingales with discrete parameter (60G42) Combinatorial probability (60C05) Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to probability theory (60-01) Probabilistic games; gambling (91A60)

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