The following is a tentative outline of the course along with
the reading material from Ross.

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<LI>  Introduction to Probability Theory  (Ross Chapter 1)

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<LI>  Random Variables  (Ross Chapter 2)

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<LI> Conditional Probability  (Ross Chapter 3)

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<LI> Markov Chains  (Ross Chapter 4 --- Except 4.9 and 4.10)

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<LI> The Poisson Process (Ross Chapter 5)

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<LI> Continuous Time Markov Processes (Ross Chapter 6)

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<LI> Queueing Theory  (Ross Chapter 8)

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<LI> Paper Reading (4-6 recent modelling and analysis papers) -- 
Topics to be determined.

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