William P. Peterson

Professor
Department of Mathematics
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753-6145

(802) 443-5417 Office
(802) 443-2080 FAX
wpeterso@middlebury.edu

My research interests are in Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes.
I completed my doctoral work in Operations Research (now part of MS&E)
at Stanford University, specializing in heavy traffic limit theorems for queueing
networks. My dissertation advisor was J. Michael Harrison.

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2009-10 Courses

 Fall 2009

  FYSE1025: Chance

 

  MATH 704: Senior Seminar
 Spring 2010

  MATH 116: Introduction to Statistical Science

 

  MATH 318: Operations Research

The CHANCE Project

CHANCE is a case study course that introduces probability and statistics in the context of current news stories. Working with J. Laurie Snell of Dartmouth College , I help maintain an electronic database of materials for teaching the course:

The CHANCE Database

Our longtime newsletter Chance News has now become a Wiki, where you are invited to view contributions from other readers or add new posts of your own.

 

A story about the course appeared in Chance Magazine, Summer-Fall 1992.

 

This page last updated 6 February 2010