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The background material needed for this textbook is a general understanding of probability and the properties of various distributions; thus, before discussing the modeling of the various manufacturing and production systems, it is important to review the fundamental concepts of basic probability. This material is not intended to teach probability theory, but it is used for review and to establish a common ground for the notation and definitions used throughout the book. For those already familiar with probability, this chapter can easily be skipped.
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Feldman, R.M., Valdez-Flores, C. (2010). Basic Probability Review. In: Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05158-6_1
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