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Probability and Random Processes for Electrical and Computer Engineers

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This is an excellent book on probability. What I liked about it is the fact that it is sprinkled with numeours examples. The language the author has used is also easy to understand but at the same time, formal. It really strikes the balance.

However, I think there should be more explanation of combinatorics in ch2. But if a person has had some prior knowledge of probability, they should refer to some other book for that portion.

Gubner provides an excellent text for undergrads or grads wanting a solid background in applying the ideas of probability and random processes. The emphasis is on applications in electrical engineering. The book presupposes a solid background in calculus and some circuit theory. Ideally, the student might be a third year undergrad or higher.

The main ideas in probability are developed. Getting to the Central Limit Theorem and the Gaussian (bell) curve. The probability distributions most useful to you might be the continuous ones.

Then, the text develops the ideas of random processes. When these can be assumed to be stationary, then it makes tractable vast areas of applications, as in the communications theory of the signal to noise ratio of a channel.

The book shines as a text for a university course because of the wealth of examples and problem sets. The difficult of the latter varies considerably, which is also another advantage to a lecturer facing students with a range of abilities.

This book is very helpful! Indeed! I really love it. The papers and the cover are of very good quality. It's perfect and really helpful.

This book is very effective in bringing out important concepts and applying the methods it teaches. The presentation of material is concise and intuitive, and the examples help flesh out the concepts.

The exercises are helpful, with many "show this is true" type of problems that are still simple enough to be doable, but still stretching your understanding of the concepts. The exam preparation sections at the end of each chapter are incredibly helpful.

The book is confusing and hard to follow. The book is required for the class, but I typically use other resources for my information.

I'm surprised that the delivery to New Zealand is very quick, even quicker then the projected date that has been made by Amazon in advance.

I used this book for a EE Probability course, and the professor is a freak Korean guy....