Lecture Schedule Math158; CME298 "Basic Probability and Stochastic Processes with Engineering Applications", Spring 2020

Week Subjects
1 Sums of independent random variables. Reading: Chapter 1 in notes
2 Continuation
3 Maximim likelihood. Reading: Chapter 2 in notes
4 Monte Carlo methods. Reading: Chapter 3 in notes
5 Continuation
6 Markov chains. Reading: Chapter 4 in notes
7 Continuation
8 Random walks and connection to differential equations. Reading: Chapter 5 in notes
9 Continuation
10 Introduction to stochastic control. Reading: Notes Chapter 6