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The intention of this chapter is to provide a brief survey of probability theory in a very schematic way, just to present some essential concepts and results that are necessary to understand the ideas exposed throughout the rest of the book. Readers with a background in mathematical probability can skip this chapter and only revisit it occasionally when it is referred along the book.
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- Characteristic Function
- Probability Density Function
- Stochastic Variable
- Joint Probability Density Function
- Dispersal Kernel
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Méndez, V., Campos, D., Bartumeus, F. (2014). Elements of Probability Theory. In: Stochastic Foundations in Movement Ecology. Springer Series in Synergetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39010-4_1
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