There are other use cases though that are not business related. For example, if you were a gambling man you could use discrete probability to increase your chances of winning the jackpot prize. All you would need to know is some basic information like the rules of the game. If the rules to win the jack pot were that you need to have four coins all land on heads, then you could determine the other combinations and find that you have a 1/16th chance of winning. These odds are not in your favor and you would not want to test your luck on this game. Discrete probability is one form of discrete mathematics.
Discrete mathematics can be classified into five major themes: mathematical reasoning, set theory, algebraic structures, graphs and trees and combinatorics per Varanasi and Garcia (1985). In Varanasi and Garcia (1985), “Mathematical reasoning includes logical connectives, well-formed formulas, rules of