Markov Processes by James R. Kirkwood - 9781041045311

Markov ProcessesAuthor(s): James R. Kirkwood\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781041045311, 978-1041045311\nSynopsis\nMarkov Processes provides a bridge from an undergraduate probability course to a course in stochastic processes. The text is designed to be understandable to students who have taken an undergraduate probability course without needing an instructor to fill in any gaps.\n\nClear, rigorous, and intuitive, the second edition builds on the successful first, used in courses and as a reference for those who want to see detailed proofs of the theorems of Markov processes. It contains copious computational examples that motivate and illustrate the theorems.\n\nThis second edition presents a new chapter illustrating the utility of using digraphs to describe whether a Markov process is reducible, absorbing, etc. There are additional exercises, and some material has been applied in a number of fields, including .