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Estimation of Markov chain transition probabilities and rates from fully and partially observed data: Uncertainty propagation, evidence synthesis and model calibration. Medical Decision Making, ...

Topics include: the first and second moment methods, martingales, concentration inequalities, branching processes, percolation, and Markov chains. Examples will be drawn from random structure and ...