An introduction to stochastic processes with applications to biology /

An Introduction to Stochastic Processes with Applications to Biology, Second Edition presents the basic theory of stochastic processes necessary in understanding and applying stochastic methods to biological problems in areas such as population growth and extinction, drug kinetics, two-species compe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Allen, Linda J. S. (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Taylor & Francis, Taylor and Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : Chapman and Hall/CRC, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2010.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Biomathematics. Stochastic processes. MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / Bayesian Analysis. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

chapter 1 Review of Probability Theory and an Introduction to Stochas- tic Processes
chapter 2 Discrete-Time Markov Chains
chapter 3 Biological Applications of Discrete-Time Markov Chains
chapter 4 Discrete-Time Branching Processes
chapter 5 Continuous-Time Markov Chains
chapter 6 Continuous-Time Birth and Death Chains
chapter 7 Biological Applications of Continuous-Time Markov Chains
chapter 8 Diffusion Processes and Stochastic Differential Equations
chapter 9 Biological Applications of Stochastic Differential Equations.