TY  - BOOK
AU  - Privault,Nicolas
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Discrete Stochastic Processes: Tools for Machine Learning and Data Science 
T2  - Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series,
SN  - 9783031658204
AV  - QA274-274.9 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Stochastic processes
KW  - Computer science
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Stochastic Processes
KW  - Mathematical Applications in Computer Science
N1  - - 1. A Summary of Markov Chains -- 2. Phase-Type Distributions -- 3. Synchronizing Automata -- 4. Random Walks and Recurrence -- 5. Cookie-Excited Random Walks -- 6. Convergence to Equilibrium -- 7. The Ising Model -- 8. Search Engines -- 9. Hidden Markov Model -- 10. Markov Decision Processes
N2  - This text presents selected applications of discrete-time stochastic processes that involve random interactions and algorithms, and revolve around the Markov property. It covers recurrence properties of (excited) random walks, convergence and mixing of Markov chains, distribution modeling using phase-type distributions, applications to search engines and probabilistic automata, and an introduction to the Ising model used in statistical physics. Applications to data science are also considered via hidden Markov models and Markov decision processes. A total of 32 exercises and 17 longer problems are provided with detailed solutions and cover various topics of interest, including statistical learning
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65820-4
ER  -