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MAT-51266 Stochastic Processes, 6 cr

Additional information

Pre-recorded lectures in English are available on-line; contact teaching consists entirely of tutorial sessions.
Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Robert Piche

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Excercises

 

 
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 
MAT-51266 2012-01  

Requirements

Exam, or exam and homework
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

Stochastic (i.e. random) processes are probabilistic models of information streams such as speech, audio and video signals, stock market prices, data from medical instruments, the motion of a GPS receiver, and many more. A solid understanding of the mathematical basis of these models is essential for understanding phenomena and processing information in many branches of science and engineering including physics, communications, signal processing, automation, and structural dynamics. In this course, we focus on linear stochastic system theory for estimation and prediction. After studying this course, the student can compute the response of linear discrete-time systems with random inputs; derive the Kalman filter and apply it to estimate random state parameters in simplified versions of practical engineering problems; demonstrate his/her understanding of the underlying theory by proving theorems, deriving formulas, devising counterexamples, and solving computational problems; write short Matlab programs to analyse, simulate and estimate the state parameters of systems with random inputs

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Random variables and vectors: pmf, pdf, cdf, independence, expectation, characteristic function, conditional rv, correlation matrix, covariance matrix, uncorrelated rv, conditional expectation, marginal rv  Chebyshev inequality, transformation, Bienayme's identity, Cauchy-Schwartz inequality, moments & cf derivatives, marginal cf  binomial rv, Poisson rv, principal components, Hilbert space of finite-variance rv's, binary transmission channel, Borel set 
2. Multivariate normal (gaussian) rv: characteristic function, affine transformation, marginal rv, conditional rv; Bayesian estimation of linear model parameters   degenerate (singular) rv; generation of correlated random samples in Matlab, recursive estimation, weighted least squares   matrix inversion lemma, periodogram 
3. random sequences: autocorrelation and autocovariance, stationary rs, wise-sense stationary rs, iid sequence, random walk, autoregressive sequence; convergence (almost sure, mean square, stochastic, distribution); conditions for ergodicity in mean and in correlation  Cauchy-Schwartz inequality for cross correlation; binomial sequence; asymptotically wss; central limit theorem; laws of large numbers; Cauchy-type convergence criteria   de Moivre-Laplace approximation, proofs of conditions for ergodicity in mean and in correlation 
4. univariate Fourier series, convolution, Parseval; power spectral density, non-negativity of psd  multivariate Fourier series, Plancherel, Wiener-Khinchine theorem (psd as a limit of discrete Fourier transforms), multivariate psd   proof of Wiener-Khinchine theorem 
5. linear time-invariant discrete-time state space model: impulse response, eigenvalue stability criterion, transfer function, random-input response, steady-state white-noise response covariance and psd; Kalman filter: derivation, optimality   Lyapunov equation stability criterion, ARMA filter; generation of stationary system response in Matlab; shaping filters via spectral factorisation, steady-state Kalman filter  proofs of stability theorems; spectral factorisation in Matlab; Kalman filter stability conditions 

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Other online content   course home page   RP       Lecture slides, lecture recordings, course notes, problems      English  
Online book   Stochastic Processes   Robert Piché            English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
MAT-20501 Probability Calculus Mandatory    
MAT-31096 Matrix Algebra 1 Mandatory    

Additional information about prerequisites
The prerequisites are basic courses in Matrix Analysis and in Probability Theory.

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
MAT-51266 Stochastic Processes, 6 cr MAT-51262 Stochastic Processes, 7 cr  
MAT-51266 Stochastic Processes, 6 cr MAT-60406 Stochastic Processes, 5 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
MAT-51266 2012-01 No lectures; instead, students self-study pre-recorded lectures that are available on-line. Exercise sessions are held once a week.        

Last modified07.03.2012