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ST 772 Biomathematics II: Stochastic Models in Biology
Theory of stochastic processes and its application to contemporary problems in biology. Discrete- and continuous-time Markov chains, branching processes, birth-and-death processes, diffusion approximations, and elementary stochastic differential equations. Survey of applications in areas such as population genetics, infectious disease dynamics, neurobiology, and community ecology.
Prerequisite: Elementary Probability Theory
Typically offered in Spring only