Discrete Gambling and Stochastic Games / by Ashok P. Maitra, William D. Sudderth.

The theory of probability began in the seventeenth century with attempts to calculate the odds of winning in certain games of change. However, it was not until the middle of the twentieth century that mathematicians developed general techniques for maximizing the chances of beating a casino or winni...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Maitra, Ashok P.
Other Authors:	Sudderth, William D.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Springer New York, 1996.
Series:	Applications of mathematics ; 32.
Subjects:	Mathematics. Distribution (Probability theory)