STATS 325 Stochastic Processes

Below description edited in year: 2019

Points: 15

Prereqs: B in one of STATS 125, STATS 210 or STATS 320 or 320 and 15 points from MATHS 208, 250, 253.

Restrictions: STATS 721

Credit: Final exam 60%, test 10%, assignments 30%.

Textbooks: Grimmett, G.R. and Stirzaker, D.R., Probability and Random Processes, (OUP 1992)

Website: STATS 325 website

This course looks at the theory of stochastic processes, showing how complex systems can be built up from sequences of elementary random choices. The course is useful for students with interests in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Finance and Theoretical Biology.

Topics studied include: Markov chains, random walks, generating functions, branching processes

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