Unit information: Applied Probability 2 in 2009/10

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Unit name Applied Probability 2
Unit code MATH21400
Credit points 20
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. McNamara
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

MATH 11002, MATH 11003 and MATH 11340

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Mathematics
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

This unit will concentrate on the study of random processes, models of systems in which a random quantity varies through time. Renewal processes, Markov processes in discrete and continuous time and branching processes will be covered in detail. These provide models of, amongst other things, industrial processes, queuing systems, population growth and many other fundamental systems in the physical, biological and social sciences.