Academic Catalog

IAM542 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

Course Code: 9700542
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Institute Of Applied Mathematics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course is a nonmeasure theoretic introduction to stochastic processes, and as such assumes a knowledge of calculus and elementary probability. Some of the theory of stochastic processes is presented and diverse range of its applications is indicated. Outline of Topics: Poisson process, Renewal Theory, discrete-time Markov chains, continuous-time Markov chains, martingeles, random walks, Brownian motion. Applications to queuing and ruine problems.