CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Fundamentals of random variables; mean-squared estimation; limit theorems and convergence; definition of random processes; autocorrelation and stationarity; Gaussian and Poisson ...

Ivan Bajic (ibajic at ensc.sfu.ca) Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 13:00-14:00 online (Zoom, see the link in course materials) Introduction to the theories of probability and random variables, and ...

Conditional reasoning—the mental operation of interpreting and evaluating “if–then” statements—has long been recognised as central to human thought. Contemporary accounts conceive it as the interplay ...

Branching processes in random environments (BPREs) extend classical Galton–Watson models by allowing the reproduction law to vary according to a sequence of random factors. In each generation, the ...