Randomized Algorithms and Probabilistic Analysis Michael ...

Probability and Computing Randomized Algorithms and Probabilistic Analysis Michael Mitzenmacher '.. \. Eli Upfal '. Probability and Computing Randomization and Probabilistic techniques play an important role in modern com- puter science, with applications ranging from combinatorial optimization and machine learning to communication networks and secure protocols. This textbook is designed to accompany a one- or two-semester course for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students in computer science and applied mathe- matics. It gives an excellent introduction to the Probabilistic techniques and paradigms used in the development of Probabilistic Algorithms and analyses. It assumes only an elementary background in discrete mathematics and gives a rigorous yet accessible treatment of the material, with numerous examples and applications. The first half of the book covers core material, including random sampling, expec- tations, markov 's inequality, Chebyshev's inequality, ChernotT bounds, balls-and-bins models, the Probabilistic method, and markov chains.

10.4 The Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method 263 10.4.1 The Metropolis Algorithm 265 10.5 Exercises 267 10.6 An Exploratory Assignment on Minimum Spanning Trees 270 11 * Coupling of Markov Chains 11.1 Variation Distance and Mixing Time 11.2 Coupling 11.2.1 Example: Shuffling Cards 11.2.2 Example: Random Walks on the Hypercube

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