Cycle Representations of Markov Processes (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2006)

This book is a prototype providing new insight into Markovian dependence via the cycle decompositions. It presents a systematic account of a class of stochastic processes known as cycle (or circuit) processes - so-called because they may be defined by directed cycles. These processes have special and important properties through the interaction between the geometric properties of the trajectories and the algebraic characterization of the Markov process. An important application of this approach is the insight it provides to electrical networks and the duality principle of networks. In particular, it provides an entirely new approach to infinite electrical networks and their applications in topics as diverse as random walks, the classification of Riemann surfaces, and to operator theory.

The second edition of this book adds new advances to many directions, which reveal wide-ranging interpretations of the cycle representations like homologic decompositions, orthogonality equations, Fourier series, semigroup equations, and disintegration of measures. The versatility of these interpretations is consequently motivated by the existence of algebraic-topological principles in the fundamentals of the cycle representations. This book contains chapter summaries as well as a number of detailed illustrations.

Review of the earlier edition:

"This is a very useful monograph which avoids ready ways and opens new research perspectives. It will certainly stimulate further work, especially on the interplay of algebraic and geometrical aspects of Markovian dependence and its generalizations."

Math Reviews.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability, 28
Release date:	May 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Sophia L. Kalpazidou
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
Edition:	2nd ed. 2006
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-29166-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Stochastics
LSN:	0-387-29166-0
Barcode:	9780387291666

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