Discrete Distributions in Engineering and the Applied Sciences

Rajan Chattamvelli is a professor in the School of Advanced Sciences at VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. He has published more than 22 research articles in international journals of repute and at various conferences. His research interests are in computational statistics, design of algorithms, parallel computing, data mining, machine learning, blockchain, combinatorics, and big data analytics. His prior assignments include Denver Public Health, Colorado; Metromail Corporation, Lincoln, Nebraska; Frederick University, Cyprus; Indian Institute of Management; Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur; and Presidency University, Bangalore.Ramalingam Shanmugam is a honorary professor in the school of Health Administration at Texas State University. He is the editor of the journals Advances in Life Sciences, Global Journal of Research and Review, and International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, and book review editor of the Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. He has published more than 200 research articles and 120 conference papers. His areas of research include theoretical and computational statistics, number theory, operations research, biostatistics, decision making, and epidemiology. His prior assignments include University of South Alabama, University of Colorado at Denver, Argonne National Labs, Indian Statistical Institute, and Mississippi State University. He is a fellow of the International Statistical Institute.

• List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Glossary.- Discrete Random Variables.- Binomial Distribution.- Discrete Uniform Distribution.- Geometric Distribution.- Negative Binomial Distribution.- Poisson Distribution.- Hypergeometric Distribution.- Negative Hypergeometric Distribution.- Logarithmic Series Distribution.- Multinomial Distribution.- Bibliography.- Authors' Biographies.- Index .