Module MA4020-KP04, MA4020

Stochastics 2 (Stoch2)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Master Biophysics 2019, optional subject, Elective
  • Master MES 2011, optional subject, mathematics
  • Master Computer Science 2012, optional subject, specialization field bioinformatics
  • Master Computer Science 2012, compulsory, advanced curriculum stochastics
  • Master Computer Science 2012, optional subject, advanced curriculum analysis
  • Bachelor MES 2011, optional subject, mathematics

Classes and lectures:

  • Stochastics 2 (exercise, 1 SWS)
  • Stochastics 2 (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 10 hours exam preparation
  • 65 hours private studies and exercises
  • 45 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • Lebesgue integral and Riemann integral
  • Transformations of measures and integrals
  • Product measures and Fubini's theorem
  • Moments and dependency measures
  • Normally distributed random vectors and distributions closely related to the normal distribution

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Studends get insights into basic stochastic structures
  • They master techniques of integration being relevant to stochastics
  • They master the treatment of (particularly normally distributed) random vectors and their distributions
  • They are able to formalize complex stochastic problems

Grading through:

  • written exam
  • Exercises

Literature:

  • J. Elstrodt : Maß- und Integrationstheorie Springer
  • M. Fisz : Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und mathematische Statistik Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

The lecture is identical to that in module MA4020-MML.

Prerequisites for attending the module:
- None

Prerequisites for the exam:
- Successful completion of homework assignments during the semester.

Last Updated:

18.08.2020