Truth, Possibility and Probability
New Logical Foundations of Probability and Statistical Inference
Nonfiction, Computers, Advanced Computing, Computer Science, Science & Nature, Mathematics
| Author: | R. Chuaqui | ISBN: | 9780080872773 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science | Publication: | June 20, 1991 |
| Imprint: | North Holland | Language: | English |
| Author: | R. Chuaqui |
| ISBN: | 9780080872773 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Publication: | June 20, 1991 |
| Imprint: | North Holland |
| Language: | English |
This unique book presents a new interpretation of probability, rooted in the traditional interpretation that was current in the 17th and 18th centuries. Mathematical models are constructed based on this interpretation, and statistical inference and decision theory are applied, including some examples in artificial intelligence, solving the main foundational problems. Nonstandard analysis is extensively developed for the construction of the models and in some of the proofs. Many nonstandard theorems are proved, some of them new, in particular, a representation theorem that asserts that any stochastic process can be approximated by a process defined over a space with equiprobable outcomes.
This unique book presents a new interpretation of probability, rooted in the traditional interpretation that was current in the 17th and 18th centuries. Mathematical models are constructed based on this interpretation, and statistical inference and decision theory are applied, including some examples in artificial intelligence, solving the main foundational problems. Nonstandard analysis is extensively developed for the construction of the models and in some of the proofs. Many nonstandard theorems are proved, some of them new, in particular, a representation theorem that asserts that any stochastic process can be approximated by a process defined over a space with equiprobable outcomes.
