Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 15.098 (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Special Seminar in Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Sloan School of Management 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. David Gamarnik
  Prof. Devavrat Shah 
• Course Introduction:
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  15.098 Special Seminar in Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a list of readings and brief discussion notes by the instructors for each session of the seminar in the lecture notes section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This seminar is intended for doctoral students and discusses topics in applied probability. This semester includes a variety of fields, namely statistical physics (local weak convergence and correlation decay), artificial intelligence (belief propagation algorithms), computer science (random K-SAT problem, coloring, average case complexity) and electrical engineering (low density parity check (LDPC) codes).

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .ps.