Table of contents : Contents......Page 12 1 Markov Processes and Their Applications......Page 23 2 Semimartingale Theory and Stochastic Calculus......Page 69 3 White Noise Theory......Page 128 4 SDEs and Their Applications......Page 180 5 Numerical Analysis of SDEs Without Tears......Page 257 6 Large Deviations and Applications......Page 379 7 Stability and Stabilizing Control of Stochastic Systems......Page 434 8 Stochastic Differential Games and Applications......Page 489 9 Stochastic Manufacturing Systems: Hierarchial Control Approach......Page 548 10 Stochastic Approximation: Theory and Applications......Page 590 11 Optimization by Stochastic Methods......Page 637 12 Stochastic Control Methods in Asset Pricing......Page 690 Index......Page 764