Stochastics

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Two of the most fundamental concepts in the theory of stochastic processes are the Markov property and the martingale property.

This book is based on a course I have taught at Cornell University since 1965.

An English translation now joins the Russian and Spanish versions.

Probability theory is a branch of mathematics dealing with chance phenomena and has clearly discernible links with the real world.

Asymptotic analysis is an old subject that has found applications in vari- ous fields of pure and applied mathematics, physics and engineering.

An Introductory Econometrics TextMathematical Statistics for Applied Econometrics covers the basics of statistical inference in support of a subsequent course on classical econometrics.

Small-angle scattering (SAS) is the premier technique for the characterization of disordered nanoscale particle ensembles.

Model a Wide Range of Count Time Series Handbook of Discrete-Valued Time Series presents state-of-the-art methods for modeling time series of counts and incorporates frequentist and Bayesian approaches for discrete-valued spatio-temporal data and multivariate data.

Retaining all the material from the second edition and adding substantial new material, this third edition presents models and statistical methods for analyzing spatially referenced point process data.

Statistical Techniques for Neuroscientists introduces new and useful methods for data analysis involving simultaneous recording of neuron or large cluster (brain region) neuron activity.

A discussion of the basic reliability concepts and models, this book is suitable for students of reliability engineering as well as for those who wish a supplement on applied survival data analysis.

Intended for a second course in stationary processes, Stationary Stochastic Processes: Theory and Applications presents the theory behind the field's widely scattered applications in engineering and science.

Multivariate Bonferroni-Type Inequalities: Theory and Applications presents a systematic account of research discoveries on multivariate Bonferroni-type inequalities published in the past decade.

This book defines and investigates the concept of a random object.

This book defines and investigates the concept of a random object.

This book aims to introduce readers without a strong mathematical background to the basic ideas of fuzzy set theory and logic.

Providing a much-needed bridge between elementary statistics courses and advanced research methods courses, Understanding Advanced Statistical Methods helps students grasp the fundamental assumptions and machinery behind sophisticated statistical topics, such as logistic regression, maximum likelihood, bootstrapping, nonparametrics, and Bayesian me

Mathematicians often face the question to which extent mathematical models describe processes of the real world.

Branching processes form one of the classical fields of applied probability and are still an active area of research.

This volume celebrates the many contributions which Gopinath Kallianpur has made to probability and statistics.

Classical time series methods are based on the assumption that a particular stochastic process model generates the observed data.

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Since 1972 the Institute of Mathematics and the Committee of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences organize annually con- ferences on mathematical statistics in Wisla.

Ergodic theory is one of the few branches of mathematics which has changed radically during the last two decades.

A long time ago I started writing a book about Markov chains, Brownian motion, and diffusion.

Probability (including stochastic processes) is now being applied to virtually every academic discipline, especially to the sciences.

Experience gained during a ten-year long involvement in modelling, program- ming and application in nonlinear optimization helped me to arrive at the conclusion that in the interest of having successful applications and efficient software production, knowing the structure of the problem to be solved is in- dispensable.

Conditional Monte Carlo: Gradient Estimation and Optimization Applications deals with various gradient estimation techniques of perturbation analysis based on the use of conditional expectation.

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Optimization in Quality Control presents a broad survey of the state of the art in optimization in quality, and focuses on industrial and national competitiveness.

Aggregation plays a central role in many of the technological tasks we are faced with.

Applied Stochastic Models and Control for Finance and Insurance presents at an introductory level some essential stochastic models applied in economics, finance and insurance.

Sample-Path Analysis of Queueing Systems uses a deterministic (sample-path) approach to analyze stochastic systems, primarily queueing systems and more general input-output systems.

Driven by the request for increased productivity, flexibility, and competitiveness, modern civilization increasingly has created high-performance discrete event dynamic systems (DEDSs).

Decision Science and Technology is a compilation of chapters written in honor of a remarkable man, Ward Edwards.

Decision Criteria and Optimal Inventory Processes provides a theoretical and practical introduction to decision criteria and inventory processes.

Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes is an edited work written in honor of Julien Keilson.

Strategies for Quasi-Monte Carlo builds a framework to design and analyze strategies for randomized quasi-Monte Carlo (RQMC).

Statistical methods are becoming more important in all biological fields of study.

The three decades which have followed the publication of Heinz Neudecker's seminal paper `Some Theorems on Matrix Differentiation with Special Reference to Kronecker Products' in the Journal of the American Statistical Association (1969) have witnessed the growing influence of matrix analysis in many scientific disciplines.

Computations with Markov Chains presents the edited and reviewed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Numerical Solution of Markov Chains, held January 16--18, 1995, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

This text contains ample material for a one term precalculus introduction to probability theory.

Although several books or monographs on multiobjective optimization under uncertainty have been published, there seems to be no book which starts with an introductory chapter of linear programming and is designed to incorporate both fuzziness and randomness into multiobjective programming in a unified way.

Robust Technology with Analysis of Interference in Signal Processing discusses for the first time the theoretical fundamentals and algorithms of analysis of noise as an information carrier.

A highly readable introduction to stochastic integration and stochastic differential equations, this book combines developments of the basic theory with applications.