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      Lecture 2 Folder

      Review of probability and statistics, Randomness in Excel

      Recommended readings:

      Ross: Chapter2; 2.1.-2.7, 2.8 (binomial distribution), 2.9 (normal distribution), 2.10 (4th ed.)

      Evans and Olson:  Chapter 3: p. 63-77 (2nd ed.)

      Lecture slides are attached.

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      Illustration of Sampling distribution and Central Limit Theorem:
      • https://onlinestatbook.com/stat_sim/sampling_dist/
      Probability calculations (Test accuracy, Bayes rule)
      Simulation from discrete probability distributions (table form): investment example
      Inverse function method in simulation

      Recommended readings:
      Ross: Chapter 4.1, p. 49-50; Chapter 5.1, p. 67-71 (in 4th ed.)
      Evans and Olson: Chapter 2, Chapter 3, p. 81-88, 93-97 (in 2nd ed.)



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      Theory of Random Numbers

      Waiting time distributions

      Recommended readings:

      Ross:  Chapter 3, p.41-48; Ch. 2.8, p-22-23, Ch. 2.9, p. 27-29, Ch. 4, example 4d, p. 53-54  (in 4th ed.)



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      Special Methods: Composition Method and Acceptance/Rejectance Method

      (See also lecture 4)

      Recommended readings:

      Composition method: Ross, Ch. 4.5,p. 60-61 in 4th ed. (in the book composition method is explained for discrete RV's, in class for continuous RV's), 

      Acceptance-Rejection Method: Ross, Ch. 4.4, p. 58-60  (discrete RV), Ch. 5.2. p. 71-78, (continuous RV); in 4th ed.. The procedure is explained in an alternative way compared to lectures. 

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      Random vectors

      Cholesky decomposition

      Simulation of multivariate normal distribution

      Material on Multivariate normal and other distributions
      Recommended readings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivariate_normal_distribution
      Further readings on random vector and multinormal distribution (Advanced): https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~stevel/519/Applied%20Multivariate%20Statistical%20Analysis%20by%20Johnson%20and%20Wichern.pdf

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      System simulation: Theory and examples
      Readings:
      Evans and Olson, Ch. 6, p. 199-245 (2nd. ed) ; attached partially
      Ross, Ch. 6-1.-6.5, p. 93-103 (4th. ed.)
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      System Simulation: Examples (see also lecture 10)

      Poisson process

        Recommended Readings: Ross: Ch. 2., p. 20-22 and 29-33; Ch. 5.4-5.5., p. 82-87. 

      Stochastic Processes: Random Walk Models

        Readings (Option value): Ross, p. 198-199 (4th ed.)


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      Simulation of stock price

      Review. Exam Issues, Questions?


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      Simulation from Normal distribution and some other distributions

      Recommended readings:

      Ross (as shown in 4th ed.): Ch.5.3. p.78-80,

      Evans and Olson (as in 2nd ed,): Ch.3. p. 71-88.


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