Classical and Spatial Stochastic Processes

Spatial and space-time processes are very important for modelling many problems in engineering, biology, epidemiology, and climatology. This text gives a concise presentation of these concepts. Key features include: an introduction to classical and spatial stochastic processes; a good foundation in Markov chain theory; an examination of such spatial models as percolation, cellular automata, and random walks using elementary techniques; and applications that should appeal to mathematicians, engineers and physicists.