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(More customer reviews)Since the third edition is out and I have not seen I must say upfront that my comments are on an earlier edition. This pair of authors have done an excellent job with three textbooks on stochastic processes. Unlike the other two books that give a rigorous treatment of stochastic processes this book is more applied with the emphasis on examples and models for real applied problems. Introductory probability and statistics is assumed by the authors and they deal with all the standard topics.
However, I do have to agree with the other reviewers who criticize the organization. Karlin and Taylor are not known for great organizational skills. Sometimes that is a trait of a mathematical genius. Sam Karlin can certainly be put into that category. Although I never took a course from him at Stanford, the fact that he was a Stanford professor meant that I did learn a lot about him and see him on campus and hear an occasional lecture. Of course this was a long time ago in the mid 1970s when the first edition of the first course was out and the other two books had probably not yet been contemplated.
In any case this would be a good reference for an applied statistician to have.
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