3rd Edition
Stochastic Processes An Introduction, Third Edition
Some Background on Probability
Some Gambling Problems
Random Walks
Markov Chains
Poisson Processes
Birth and Death Processes
Queues
Reliability and Renewal
Branching and Other Random Processes
Brownian Motion: Wiener Process. Computer Simulations and Projects
Answers and Comments on End-of-Chapter Problems
Appendix
References and Further Reading
Biography
Peter W. Jones is a professor and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at Keele University in Staffordshire, UK.
Peter Smith is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Computing and Mathematics at Keele University in Staffordshire, UK.
Praise for the second edition:
"… a clear, easily understandable and rather short overview on stochastic processes. The different topics are motivated very well, there are many graphs and 50—theoretical and practical—examples. … the book is written very carefully … for beginners, one could not imagine a better book."
—Dominik Wied, Statistical Papers (2011) 52"… a good resource as a textbook or as a reference to complement other literature, especially with the examples and problems provided."
—Biometrics, 67, September 2011
