Computational Probability: the Proceedings of the Actuarial Research Conference on Computational Probability Held at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, on August 28-30, 1975
Front Cover; Computational Probability; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Some Ideas in Computational Probability; References; Chapter 2. Computational Problems Related to the Galton- Watson Press; I. THE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS OF PHASE TYPE; 2. THE SUCCESSIVE GENERATION SIZES IN A GALTON-WATSON PROCESS; 3. A GALTON-WATSON PROCESS EMBEDDED INTHE MX /G/1 QUEUE; 4. THE MACIMUM GENERATION SIZE BEFORE EXTINCTION; 5. THE PROBABILITY OF EVENTUAL ABSORPTION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Central Limit Analogues for Markov Population Processes; 1. SUMMARY.