Beschreibung:
In order to help the reader to reach a level of technical autonomy sufficient to understand the presented models, this book includes a reasonable dose of probability theory. On the other hand, the study of stochastic processes gives an opportunity to apply the main theoretical results of probability theory beyond classroom examples and in a non-trivial manner that makes this discipline look more attractive to the applications-oriented student.
Introduction.-Warming Up.- Integration Theory for Probability.- Probability and Expectation.- Convergence of random sequences.- Markov Chains.- Martingale Sequences.- Ergodic Sequences.- Generalities on Stochastic Processes.- Poisson Processes.- Continuous-Time Markov Chains.- Renewal Theory in Continuous Time.- Brownian Motion.- Wide-sense Stationary Stochastic Processes.- An Introduction to Itô's Calculus.- Appenndix: Number Theory and Linear Algebra.- Analysis.- Hilbert Spaces.- Z-Transforms.- Proof of Paul Lévy's Criterion.- Direct Riemann Integrability.- Bibliography.- Index.