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APM 504/MAT598

Applied Stochastic Processes

Spring 2009

Course Syllabus


Required Textbooks:

1) Introduction to Stochastic Processes, by Hoel, Port and Stone
2) Foundations of Modern Probability, by O. Kallenberg

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Instructor: Dr. Tom Taylor
Time: TuTh 9:00-10:15AM
Place: BA390 MAP
Office Hours: TBD and by appointment.
Phone: (480) 965-3778
Office: GWC 356
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Instructor web page: http://math.la.asu.edu/~tom/
Course Description: This course will be a applied mathematics student's exploration of notions of randomness and random motion. Topics will include: Probability Theory: sigma algebras, measures, construction of probability measure, dominated convergence, Fatou's lemma, monotone convergence, condition expectation, conditional probability, Markov chains (discrete state space), markov property, discrete time, transition matrix, hitting times, communication classes, irreducibility, transient and recurrent states, absorbing, positive and null recurrence, stationary distributions, random walks, branching processes, continuous time, Poisson process, embedded discrete time chain, infinitesimal generator, birth & death processes, Martingale, super and sub, Dubin's inequality, martingale convergence theorem, Brownian motion, sample path properties, recurrence in dimension 1, 2, & 3, stochastic differential equations, Ito calculus, Stratonovic calculus, Hidden Markov chains/ EM , Estimation of Markov chains, Stochastic order relations, Monte Carlo Methods, rate of convergence, error estimation, Markov Chain Monte Carlo,simulation
Prerequisites: A moderate background in analysis and functional analysis, or permission of the instructor.