Basic stochastic processes : a course through exercises
- Berlin Springer Verlag 1999
- X+225 p. 22 cm ; Pbk
1. Review of probability -- 2. Conditional expectation -- 3. Martingles in discrete time -- 4. Martingale inequalities and convergence -- 5. Markov chains -- 6. Stochastic processes in continuous time -- 7. Ito Stocahstic calculus.
Stochastic processes are tools used widely by statisticians and researchers working in the mathematics of finance. This book provides a detailed treatment of conditional expectation and probability, a topic that in principle belongs to probability theory, but is essential as a tool for stochastic processes