Stochastic Processes

Calendar

Probabilities and random variables, distribution and probablity density function, functions of random variables, multivariate pdf's, central limit theorem, stochastic processes, stationarity and ergodicity, correlation functions and spectral densities, correlation matrices, Gaussian, Poisson, and Markov processes, basics of statistical signal processing and sample estimates, linear mean square estimation, harmonic analysis

Objectives

To provide a strong background on advanced theory of probabilities and stochastic processes.

Classes to be held

Mondays 9:30-12:30 p.m. and Thursdays 9:30-12:30 p.m.

Midterm

February 7, Thursday, 9:30-12:30, ITC/158 (Chapters 1-4 from the lecture notes will be covered).

Midterm

February 25, Monday, 9:30-12:30, CRL/B-102.

Lecture Notes/Viewgraphs

  • as a postscript file