Solved – Good books for learning Applied Probability

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I'm looking for a book that provides deep, rigorous coverage of probability theory, but with an emphasis on material that is mostly useful outside of a mathematics department. I've heard "The Theory of Probability: Explorations and Applications" is pretty good, but I wanted to get some other suggestions.

For example, Achim Klenke's book is way too much for me…it's organized for theorem proving, not applications as far as I could tell. Also not a big fan of Durrett's books from what I've perused, or Billingsley or Feller…again, too much of a mathematics research focus.

Best Answer

1000 Exercices is the best book you can buy. Why ?

  1. Cover the full range of probability.
  2. Provide exercice based of the probability: Put in practise because there is a big gap between Theory books and real Proba problems.

  3. Prepare you well for Quizz, and make your brain in good shape....

  4. You can keep forever as a book of how to solve problems...

http://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Exercises-Probability-Geoffrey-Grimmett/dp/0198572212

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