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A First Course in Stochastic Processes
About this book
A First Course in Stochastic Processes focuses on several principal areas of stochastic processes and the diversity of applications of stochastic processes, including Markov chains, Brownian motion, and Poisson processes. The publication first takes a look at the elements of stochastic processes, Markov chains, and the basic limit theorem of Markov chains and applications. Discussions focus on criteria for recurrence, absorption probabilities, discrete renewal equation, classification of states of a Markov chain, and review of basic terminologies and properties of random variables and distribution functions. The text then examines algebraic methods in Markov chains and ratio theorems of transition probabilities and applications. The manuscript elaborates on the sums of independent random variables as a Markov chain, classical examples of continuous time Markov chains, and continuous time Markov chains. Topics include differentiability properties of transition probabilities, birth and death processes with absorbing states, general pure birth processes and Poisson processes, and recurrence properties of sums of independent random variables. The book then ponders on Brownian motion, compounding stochastic processes, and deterministic and stochastic genetic and ecological processes. The publication is a valuable source of information for readers interested in stochastic processes.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- A First Course in Stochastic Processes
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. ELEMENTS OF STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
- Chapter 2. MARKOV CHAINS
- Chapter 3. THE BASIC LIMIT THEOREM OF MARKOV CHAINS AND APPLICATIONS
- Chapter 4. ALGEBRAIC METHODS IN MARKOV CHAINS
- Chapter 5. RATIO THEOREMS OF TRANSITION PROBABILITIES AND APPLICATIONS
- Chapter 6. SUMS OF INDEPENDENT RANDOM VARIABLES AS A MARKOV CHAIN
- Chapter 7. CLASSICAL EXAMPLES OF CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV CHAINS
- Chapter 8. CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV CHAINS
- Chapter 9. ORDER STATISTICS, POISSON PROCESSES, AND APPLICATIONS
- Chapter 10. BROWNIAN MOTION
- Chapter 11. BRANCHING PROCESSES
- Chapter 12. COMPOUNDING STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
- Chapter 13. DETERMINISTIC AND STOCHASTIC GENETO AND ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- Chapter 14. QUEUEING PROCESSES
- APPENDIX. REVIEW OF MATRIX ANALYSIS
- MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS
- INDEX