From the Book - Regular Print - Paperback edition.
1. The Clumsy Dishwasher Problem
2. Will Lil and Bill Meet at the Malt Shop?
3. A Parallel Parking Question
4. A Curious Coin-Flipping Game
5. The Gamow-Stern Elevator Puzzle
6. Steve's Elevator Problem
7. The Pipe Smoker's Discovery
8. A Toilet Paper Dilemma
9. The Forgetful Burglar Problem
10. The Umbrella Quandary
11. The Case of the Missing Senators
12. How Many Runners in a Marathon?
13. A Police Patrol Problem
15. How Long Is the Wait to Get the Potato Salad?
16. The Appeals Court Paradox
18. Waiting for Stoplights
19. Electing Emperors and Popes
20. An Optimal Stopping Problem
21. Chain Reactions, Branching Processes, and Baby Boys
Matlab Solutions To The Problems
1. The Clumsy Dishwasher Problem
2. Will Lil and Bill Meet at the Malt Shop?
3. A Parallel Parking Question
4. A Curious Coin-Flipping Game
5. The Gamow-Stern Elevator Puzzle
6. Steve's Elevator Problem
7. The Pipe Smoker's Discovery
8. A Toilet Paper Dilemma
9. The Forgetful Burglar Problem
10. The Umbrella Quandary
11. The Case of the Missing Senators
12. How Many Runners in a Marathon?
13. A Police Patrol Problem
15. How Long is the Wait to Get the Potato Salad?
16. The Appeals Court Paradox
18. Waiting for Stoplights
19. Electing Emperors and Popes
20. An Optimal Stopping Problem
21. Chain Reactions, Branching Processes, and Baby Boys
Appendix 1. One Way to Guess on a Test
Appendix 2. An Example of Variance-Reduction in the Monte Carlo Method
Appendix 3. Random Harmonic Sums
Appendix 4. Solving Montmort's Problem by Recursion
Appendix 5. An Illustration of the Inclusion-Exclusion Principle
Appendix 6. Solutions to the Spin Game
Appendix 7. How to Simulate Kelvin's Fair Coin with a Biased Coin
Appendix 8. How to Simulate an Exponential Random Variable
Appendix 9. Index to Author-Created MATLAB m-Files in the Book