Math 331 -- Introduction to Probability and Markov Chain modelling

(Fall 2007)

Announcements

There will be no class in the week of Dec 10 (the last teaching week before the final exam)
There will be two make-up classes on Sunday, Dec 2, from 9am--11:45am (with a break between two classes of 75 minutes), at Van Vleck B211.

Course Instructor: Shi Jin
Phone: 608-263-3302(o); E-mail: jin@math.wisc.edu

Class Hours: TR 11:00-12:15 at B139 Van Vleck
Office Hours: TR:10:00-11:00am, Van Vleck 511, or by appointment
Course Web : http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jin/Teaching/F07/m331.html

Textbook: (reserved in the Math Library)

Saeed Ghahramani, Fundamentals of Probability, with Stochastic Processes, Third Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall 2005.

Grading: The final grade will be determined by homework assignments which will be collected every other week .

Syllabus:

We will cover most materials from Chapter 1 to Chapter 12 of the textbook.