IST404


Course Title Course Code Program Level
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES İST404 Statistics B.A. / B.Sc.

Course Term
(Course Semester)
Teaching and Learning Methods
Credits
Theory Practice Lab Projects/Field Work Seminars/Workshops Other Total Credits ECTS Credits
08
(Spring)
28 14 71 80 193 3 7

Teaching Staff
Language of Instruction Türkçe (Turkish)
Type Of Course Compulsory
Prerequisites No pre-requisite
Recommended Optional Programme Component
Course Objectives Definitions stationary stochastic processes, independent increments etc. Using basic properties of Bernoulli, Poisson, and Markov chains.
Course Content Probability space and random variables. Expectations and independence. Bernoulli processes and sums of independent random variables. Poisson processes. Markov chains. Limiting behaviour and applications of Markov chains. Potantials, exclusive function and optimal stopping of Markov chains.
Learning Outcomes (LO) The student can solve stationary stochastic processes, independent increments etc. Using basic properties of Bernoulli, Poisson, and Markov chains.
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Course Outline
Week Topics
1. Week Basic probability concepts
2. Week Conditional probability and its properties
3. Week Concepts of expectated values
4. Week Bernoulli processes
5. Week The process of success numbers
6. Week Success times
7. Week Sums of independent random variables, limiting behavior
8. Week Poisson processes.
9. Week Arrival times, repetition times
10. Week Superposition of Poisson processes and the decomposition
11. Week Markov chains
12. Week Entering a fixed state, the first entry time and the classification of states
13. Week Potentials, and the calculation of eventual transition matrices.
14. Week Limiting behaviours and applications of Markov chains
Assessment
  Percentage(%)
Mid-term (%) 40
Quizes (%)
Homeworks/Term papers (%)
Practice (%)
Labs (%)
Projects/Field Work (%)
Seminars/Workshops (%)
Final (%) 60
Other (%)
Total(%) 100
Course Book (s) and/or References 1. Çınlar E., 1975, Introduction to Stochastic Processes, Englewood Cliffs, N J. 2. Ross, S.M., 1996, Stochastic Processes, JohnWiley&Sons.
Work Placement(s)
The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO)