Sheldon Ross

kamd · August 18th, 2003, 3:32 am

For a total beginner like myself, I did not like "A First Course in Probability"I searched the forum and found thisrobability and Stochastic ProcessesA Friendly Introduction for Electrical and Computer EngineersRoy D. Yates and David J. GoodmanI read a bit of the intro chapter (free on the web) and it was more suited for a beginner.I really enjoy Stoud's book on engineering math. Does anyone have any suggestions for books that are suitable for a beginner in the following:1. probability2. linear algebraThanks

Maelo · August 20th, 2003, 8:55 am

Hello: Try any probability book that has "for scientits and engineer" in its title. The introductury level is good (not very deep but good); on the linera algebra try the Schaum series, also very good and straight.

jvergaram · August 20th, 2003, 12:02 pm

see these papers

sparky3223 · August 26th, 2003, 4:06 am

There's also the link to open courseware at MIT. There are lecture notes, and execise to problems along with the answers to them. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-En ... dex.htmI'd enjoyed the links to the linear alegbra course better. that one even contains streaming video of the lectures. Neat.

phirangm · August 26th, 2003, 11:41 pm

otto brescher has a decent lin algebra book, and it's a very perspicuous text. ross is ok, but also check out my fav: pleasures of probabiltity. this book brought me into the light!