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Course Info for MATH - 209 - 01, Spring 2025
Class number: 2825 Title: Stochastic Processes Department: Mathematics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 22 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM, MC - 225 Instructor(s): Skardal, Per Sebastian
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Mathematics 132.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Numerical & Symbolic Reasoning Requirement
Course Description:
An introduction to stochastic processes, including Markov chains, queueing theory, and Monte Carlo simulations. Following the introduction of conditional probability and expectation topics will include discrete Markov chains, Poisson Processes, and continuous Markov chains. Limiting behavior, stationary distributions, hitting times, and exit distributions will emphasized throughout, along with applications and practical considerations for Monte Carlo simulations.