STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

Francesco GIORDANO STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
EQF7
STATISTICAL SCIENCES FOR FINANCE
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
530LESSONS
ExamDate
GIORDANO16/12/2024 - 09:00
GIORDANO16/12/2024 - 09:00
GIORDANO14/01/2025 - 09:00
GIORDANO14/01/2025 - 09:00
Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.

THE COURSE REVISES, IN A MORE COMPLEX CONTEXT, SOME TOOLS RELATED TO THE PROBABILITY THEORY AND PROPOSES NEW GENERALIZATIONS THAT WILL BE USED IN EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS.


APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.

ONE AIM OF THE COURSE IS RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE DISCRETE TIME STOCHASTIC PROCESSES. THE THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS WILL BE SHOWN IN EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE USE OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE.


Prerequisites
STATISTICS WITH ELEMENTS OF PROBABILITY.
Contents
(30 HOURS OF LESSONS: 5 HOURS OF EXERCISES LESSONS)
LIMIT THEOREMS: CONVERGENCE IN PROBABILITY, CONVERGENCE IN DISTRIBUTION AND CONVERGENCE IN QUADRATIC MEAN. WEAKLY AND STRONGLY STATIONARY STOCHASTIC PROCESSES. NONSTATIONARY STOCHASTIC PROCESSES. MARKOV PROCESSES. LINEAR STOCHASTIC PROCESSES: ARMA. SOME EXAMPLES OF STOCHASTIC PROCESSES USED IN THE ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL TIME SERIES. ARIMA AND OPTIMAL FORECASTS. EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS.
Teaching Methods
ALL LECTURES (30 HOURES) WILL BE HELD IN CLASSROOM.
DURING THE COURSE THEORETICAL TOPICS ARE BALANCED WITH THEIR PRACTICAL ISSUES IN COMPUTING ROOM.
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EXAM IS CHARACTERIZED BY TWO PARTS: THE WRITTEN AND THE ORAL EXAMINATION.
THE FIRST PART (1H) INCLUDES FOUR EXERCISES ON THE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS OF THE COURSE WHEREAS THE ORAL PART (ABOUT 20 MIN) IS BASED ON A SHORT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WRITTEN PART AND AN INTERVIEW.
EACH EXERCISE OF THE FIRST PART IS EVALUATED BY THE TEACHER WITH A MARK OF 1 (ONE) AT MAXIMUM.
THE ORAL INTERVIEW CAN BE TAKEN IF THE STUDENT HAS PASSED THE WRITTEN EXAM WITH A MINIMUM MARK OF 2/4.
THE FINAL MARK IS THE OVERALL MARK OBTAINED BY THE DISCUSSION OF THE FIRST PART AND THE INTERVIEW FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE EXAM.
Texts
ROSS S. M.
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
WILEY
CHAPTERS 1 AND 7.

AND

PRIESTLEY M. B.
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS AND TIME SERIES
VOL I, ACADEMIC PRESS
CHAPTERS 1 - 3, 5.
More Information
FURTHER MATERIAL WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE.
Lessons Timetable

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