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One of the more fundamental concepts of probability theory and mathematical statistics is the expectation of a random variable. The expectation represents a central value of the random variable and has a measure theory counterpart in the theory of integration.
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Resnick, S.I. (2005). Integration and Expectation. In: A Probability Path. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1818-0_5
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