The purpose of this course is to equip students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills, which are necessary for the analysis of stochastic dynamical systems in economics, engineering and other fields.
More precisely, the objectives are
1. study of the basic concepts of the theory of stochastic processes;
2. introduction of the most important types of stochastic processes;
3. study of various properties and characteristics of processes;
4. study of the methods for describing and analyzing complex stochastic models.
Practical skills, acquired during the study process:
1. understanding the most important types of stochastic processes (Poisson, Markov, Gaussian, Wiener processes and others) and ability of finding the most appropriate process for modelling in particular situations arising in economics, engineering and other fields;
2. understanding the notions of ergodicity, stationarity, stochastic integration; application of these terms in context of financial mathematics;
It is assumed that the students are familiar with the basics of probability theory. Knowledge of the basics of mathematical statistics is not required, but it simplifies the understanding of this course.
The course provides a necessary theoretical basis for studying other courses in stochastics, such as financial mathematics, quantitative finance, stochastic modeling and the theory of jump - type processes.

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Week 1: Introduction & Renewal processes

Upon completing this week, the learner will be able to understand the basic notions of probability theory, give a definition of a stochastic process; plot a trajectory and find finite-dimensional distributions for simple stochastic processes. Moreover, the learner will be able to apply Renewal Theory to marketing, both calculate the mathematical expectation of a countable process for any renewal process