Download or read book A Second Course in Stochastic Processes written by Samuel Karlin and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1981-05-12 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Algebraic methods in markov chains; Ratio theorems of transition probabilities and applications; Sums of independent random variables as a markov chain; Order statistics, poisson processes, and applications; Continuous time markov chains; Diffusion processes; Compouding stochastic processes; Fluctuation theory of partial sums of independent identically distributed random variables; Queueing processes.