Syllabus
Homework
Assignments
Handouts &
Extra Problems
Computer
Programs
Mathematics 521 - Stochastic Processes
Computer Programs
The following computer programs may be helpful in this course.
gamruin.m
- Matlab m-file to simulate gambler's ruin problem.
gamruin_est_a.m
- Matlab m-file to estimate a_k in gambler's ruin problem.
521sect3.4.nb
- Mathematica notebook to compute various analytic results associated with semi-infinite gambler's ruin.
Logisitic Process
Numerical Method's in Matlab Toolbox
- needed for the Logistic Process mfile.
Continuous Birth-Death Process
Plots Birth Death Process
Continuous Time Logistic Process
Continuous Time Stochastic S-I-R
Mathematica
- A symbolic computing environment that can greatly simplify calculations. For info on Mathematica at HSU see:
http://www.humboldt.edu/~cnrsitc/mathematica
.
LaTeX
- A typesetting language. An excellent source of info on LaTeX is the
LaTeX wikibook.
Other LaTeX References
LaTeX Primer
- a nice intro to LaTeX.
TeXShop
- LaTeX Software for Mac.
TeXNic Center
- LaTeX front-end for Windows
TeTeX
- LaTeX package for all flavors of Unix including Linux.