Statistics

ST772 - Biomathematics II

• Prerequisites: Undergraduate probability
• Term & Frequency: Every Spring
• Student Audience: Graduate students in biology, mathematics, statistics and related fields
• Credit: 3 credits
• Recent Texts: Ross, Introduction to Probability Models
• Recent Instructors: Kevin Gross
• Background and Goals: The goal of this course is to introduce stochastic models and understand how they may be used to facilitate contemporary biological research
• Content: Discrete- and continuous-time Markov chains. Branching processes. Poisson and counting processes. Simple diffusions
• Alternatives: MA746 provides a more technical treatment, but without the biological context.
• Subsequent Courses: ST773 continues the study of diffusions

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