Markov Processes
An Introduction for Physical Scientists

Daniel T. Gillespie (Author)

9780122839559, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 2 December 1991

592 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.3 cm, 1.08 kg

Markov process theory is basically an extension of ordinary calculus to accommodate functions whos time evolutions are not entirely deterministic. It is a subject that is becoming increasingly important for many fields of science. This book develops the single-variable theory of both continuous and jump Markov processes in a way that should appeal especially to physicists and chemists at the senior and graduate level.

Random Variable Theory General Features of a Markov Process Continuous Markov Processes Jump Markov Processes with Continuum States Jump Markov Processes with Discrete States Temporally Homogeneous Birth-Death Markov Processes Appendixes: Some Useful Integral Identities Integral Representations of the Delta Functions An Approximate Solution Procedure for "Open" Moment Evolution Equations Estimating the Width and Area of a Function Peak Can the Accuracy of the Continuous Process Simulation Formula Be Improved? Proof of the Birth-Death Stability Theorem Solution of the Matrix Differential Equation

Subject Areas: Probability & statistics [PBT]