This book concentrates on some general facts and ideas of the theory of stochastic processes. The topics include the Wiener process, stationary processes, infinitely divisible processes, and Itô stochastic equations. 
Basics of discrete time martingales are also presented and then used in one way or another throughout the book. Another common feature of the main body of the book is using stochastic integration with respect to random orthogonal measures. In particular, it is used for spectral representation of trajectories of stationary processes and for proving that Gaussian stationary processes with rational spectral densities are components of solutions to stochastic equations. In the case of infinitely divisible processes, stochastic integration allows for obtaining a representation of trajectories through jump measures. The Itô stochastic integral is also introduced as a particular case of stochastic integrals with respect to random orthogonal measures. 
Although it is not possible to cover even a noticeable portion of the topics listed above in a short book, it is hoped that after having followed the material presented here, the reader will have acquired a good understanding of what kind of results are available and what kind of techniques are used to obtain them. 
With more than 100 problems included, the book can serve as a text for an introductory course on stochastic processes or for independent study. 
Other works by this author published by the AMS include, Lectures on Elliptic and Parabolic Equations in Hölder Spaces and Introduction to the Theory of Diffusion Processes.

Introduction to the Theory of Random Processes (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)

Science & Math

Krylov, N. V.

Mathematics

Amer Mathematical Society

Stochastic control theory is a relatively young branch of mathematics. The beginning of its intensive development falls in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During that period an extensive literature appeared on optimal stochastic control using the quadratic performance criterion (see references in W onham [76J). At the same time, Girsanov [25J and Howard [26J made the first steps in constructing a general theory, based on Bellman's technique of dynamic programming, developed by him somewhat earlier [4J. Two types of engineering problems engendered two different parts of stochastic control theory. Problems of the first type are associated with multistep decision making in discrete time, and are treated in the theory of discrete stochastic dynamic programming. For more on this theory, we note in addition to the work of Howard and Bellman, mentioned above, the books by Derman [8J, Mine and Osaki [55J, and Dynkin and Yushkevich [12]. Another class of engineering problems which encouraged the development of the theory of stochastic control involves time continuous control of a dynamic system in the presence of random noise. The case where the system is described by a differential equation and the noise is modeled as a time continuous random process is the core of the optimal control theory of diffusion processes. This book deals with this latter theory.

Controlled Diffusion Processes (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability)

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

Springer

Kolmogorov equations are second order parabolic equations with a finite or an infinite number of variables. They are deeply connected with stochastic differential equations in finite or infinite dimensional spaces. They arise in many fields as Mathematical Physics, Chemistry and Mathematical Finance. These equations can be studied both by probabilistic and by analytic methods, using such tools as Gaussian measures, Dirichlet Forms, and stochastic calculus. The following courses have been delivered: N.V. Krylov presented Kolmogorov equations coming from finite-dimensional equations, giving existence, uniqueness and regularity results. M. Röckner has presented an approach to Kolmogorov equations in infinite dimensions, based on an LP-analysis of the corresponding diffusion operators with respect to suitably chosen measures. J. Zabczyk started from classical results of L. Gross, on the heat equation in infinite dimension, and discussed some recent results.

Stochastic PDE's and Kolmogorov Equations in Infinite Dimensions: Lectures given at the 2nd Session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo ... 1, 1998 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1715)

Zabczyk, J.

Röckner, M.

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Nonlinear Elliptic and Parabolic Equations of the Second Order (Mathematics and its Applications)

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Introduction to the Theory of Random Processes (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)

Controlled Diffusion Processes (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability)

Stochastic PDE's and Kolmogorov Equations in Infinite Dimensions: Lectures given at the 2nd Session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo ... 1, 1998 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1715)

Nonlinear Elliptic and Parabolic Equations of the Second Order (Mathematics and its Applications)