STAT 251b / STAT 551b/ENAS 496 Stochastic Processes

Day / time: 
Monday, Wednesday 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Undergraduate
Graduate
Course term: 
Spring

Introduction to the study of random processes, including Markov chains, Markov random fields, martingales, random walks, Brownian motion, and diffusions. Techniques in probability, such as coupling and large deviations. Applications chosen from image reconstruction, Bayesian statistics, finance, probabilistic analysis of algorithms, and genetics and evolution.