Stochastic Processes and their Applications

1. Stochastic Theory.- The Square Wave Spectrum of a Markov Renewal Process.- Simulation and Estimation Procedures for Stress Release Models.- 2. Physics.- Positive Definite Functions in Quantum Mechanics and in Turbulence.- Population Monitoring and the Quantum Input-Output Formalism.- An Application of the Kalman Filter in Geoastronomy.- Conformai Martingales in Stochastic Mechanics.- Probability Distributions Over Noncommuting Variables.- Stochastic Quantum Mechanics.- 3. Biology.- A New Approach to the Solution of Neurological Models: Application to the Hodgkin-Huxley and the Fitzhugh-Nagumo Equations.- Neuronal Variability: Stochasticity or Chaos?.- A Limit Theorem and Asymptotical Statistical Characteristics for a Selective Interaction Model of a Single Neuron.- Phase Dependent Population Growth Models.- 4. Operations Research.- The Optimal Investment Process in German Industry.- Incentives and Regulation in Queues.- Two Models of Brand Switching.- Stochastic Processes: Useand Limitations in Reliability Theory.- Stochastic Processes and Optimization Problems in Assemblage Systems.- A Software Package Tool for Markovian Computing Models with Many States: Principles and its Applications.- Reliability Assessment Measurement for Redundant Software Systems.- A Lost Sales Inventory System with Multiple Reorder Levels.- Queueing Models in Hierarchical Planning Systems.- Reliability Analysis of a Complex System Using Boolean Function Technique.- The Second Moment of the Markovian Reward Process.- Correlation Functions in Reliability Theory.