Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2017-2018
STAT 650 - STOCH CONTRL & STOCH DIFF EQU
Long Title: STOCHASTIC MODELS IN POPULATION DYNAMICS AND POPULATION GENETICS
Department: Statistics
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisite(s): STAT 581
Description: This course is devoted to stochastic models of biological phenomena at cell and molecular lever, using tools of probability and statistics. The course starts with a refresher on conditional expectations and martingale convergence, Markov and point processes, and generating functions and functionals. It continues with branching process models of proliferations and then with Markov chain models of population genetics. Most examples concern growth and nutation of biological cells, with particular emphasis on cancer.