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STP425
An Introduction to Stochastic Processes
Spring 2004
Course Syllabus

Textbook: Introduction to Probability Models, by Sheldon Ross
Instructor: Dr. Tom Taylor
Time: TuTh 12:15-1:30 PM
Place: LL 274
Office Hours: Tu 3:40, W 10:40 Th 6:00pm, or by appointment.
 Phone: (480) 965-3778
Office: GWC 642
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Prerequisites:  STP421 or a strong background in probability, for instance at the level of EEE350, or permission of the instructor.
Homework: Every week the homework problems for the sections covered the previous week are due on thursday.
Quizzes:   Every week thursday there will be a  20 point quiz on the material covered up to date.  One problem will be taken directly from the homework.
Exams:   There will be a midterm exam worth 100 points and a final exam worth 200 points.
Class Participation:   Class participation is required to make this course fly. This should take a number of different forms, including intellegent, informed questions asked in class. To receive class credit for your questions (5 points each), however, they should be:


 a) asked in class

b) answered in class

c) questions and answers emailed to the instructor for posting on this website (text, MS Word, or latex, hopefully)
Class requirements:   New class requirements announced in class and/or on this website become official.
Questions and Answers

Lecture Notes 1/20/04   Lecture Notes 1/22/04   Lecture Notes 1/27/04
Lecture Notes 1/29/04   Lecture Notes 2/3/04     Lecture Notes 2/5/04
Lecture Notes 2/10/04   Lecture Notes 2/12/04   Lecture Notes 2/24/04
Lecture Notes 2/26/04   Lecture Notes 3/4/04     Lecture Notes 3/9/04
Lecture Notes 4/8/04      Lecture Notes 4/13/04   Lecture Notes 4/15/04
Lecture Notes 4/15/04   Lecture Notes 4/27/04    Lecture Notes 4/29/04

Last Year's Lecture Notes:
Lecture Notes 1/28/03  Lecture Notes 2/4/03  Lecture Notes 2/6/03
Lecture Notes 2/11/03  Lecture Notes 2/13/03 Lecture Notes 2/18/03
Lecture Notes 3/4/03 Lecture Notes 3/6/03 Lecture Notes 3/11/03
Lecture Notes 3/13/03 Lecture Notes 4/1/03 Lecture Notes 4/3/03
Lecture Notes 4/8/03 Lecture Notes 4/10/03 Lecture Notes 4/15/03
Lecture Notes 4/17/03 Lecture Notes 4/22/03 Lecture Notes 4/24/03
Lecture Notes 4/29/03 Lecture Notes 5/1/03 Lecture Notes 5/6/03
Practice Final Exam
Tentative Schedule
Date Section
 HW Assignment
January 20
 Chapter 1, Sections 2.1-2.4
 1-1, 6,8,17,36,
2-2,4,6,7,8,12,15,20,30,33,36,39,42
January 22
 Sections 2.5, 2.7, 2.8
 2-54, 55, 58, 59,66,68, 74, 76,
January 27
 Chapter 3
 7, 15, 18, 24, 30, 35, 39, 52, 57, 64, 77, 80
January 29

February 3
 Chapter 4
 2, 4, 8, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 25
February 5

February 10
 Section 4.3, 4.4
February 12
 Section 4.4
 35, 37, 40, 45,
February 17
 Section 4.4
February 19
 Section 4.6&4.7
 64, 65,
February 24
 Section 5.1
February 26
 Section 5.2
 3,5,6,10,18, 24,
March 2
 Section 5.2
March 4
 Section 5.2
March 9
 Section 5.3
 37, 40, 46, 50, 54, 57
March 11
 Section 5.3
March 16
 Spring Break
March 18
 Spring Break
March 23
 Section 5.4
 84
March 25
 Section 5.4
March 30
 Section 6.1
April 1
 Section 6.2
 2, 4, 5
April 2
 Restricted Withdrawal Deadline
April 6
 Section 6.2
April 8
 Section 6.3
 9, 12
April 13
 Section 6.4
 19, 22,
April 15
 Section 6.5
 28, 30, 39
April 20
 Section 6.6
April 22

April 27

April 29

May 4
 Last Day of Class
May 11
 Final Exam
 12:20-2:10 pm