Stochastic processes: an introduction

Based on a well-established and popular course taught by the authors over many years, Stochastic Processes: An Introduction, Third Edition, discusses the modelling and analysis of random experiments, where processes evolve over time. The text begins with a review of relevant fundamental probability....

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Main Authors: Jones, Peter Watts 1945- (Author), Smith, Peter 1935- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton ; London ; New York CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Edition:Third edition, first issued in paperback 2020
Series:Texts in statistical science
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Summary:Based on a well-established and popular course taught by the authors over many years, Stochastic Processes: An Introduction, Third Edition, discusses the modelling and analysis of random experiments, where processes evolve over time. The text begins with a review of relevant fundamental probability. It then covers gambling problems, random walks, and Markov chains. The authors go on to discuss random processes continuous in time, including Poisson, birth and death processes, and general population models, and present an extended discussion on the analysis of associated stationary processes in queues. The book also explores reliability and other random processes, such as branching, martingales, and simple epidemics. A new chapter describing Brownian motion, where the outcomes are continuously observed over continuous time, is included. Further applications, worked examples and problems, and biographical details have been added to this edition. Much of the text has been reworked. The appendix contains key results in probability for reference.This concise, updated book makes the material accessible, highlighting simple applications and examples. A solutions manual with fully worked answers of all end-of-chapter problems, and Mathematica and R programs illustrating many processes discussed in the book, can be downloaded from crcpress.com
Item Description:Some Background on ProbabilitySome Gambling ProblemsRandom WalksMarkov ChainsPoisson ProcessesBirth and Death ProcessesQueuesReliability and RenewalBranching and Other Random ProcessesBrownian Motion: Wiener Process. Computer Simulations and ProjectsAnswers and Comments onEnd-of-Chapter ProblemsAppendixReferences and Further Reading
Physical Description:xiv, 255 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 235 mm
ISBN:9780367657604

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