Title	The theory of open quantum systems [electronic resource]
Author	Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione
Imprint	Oxford : Clarendon, 2007
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213900.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource (xxi, 613 p.) : ill

This text provides an introduction to the dynamics of open quantum systems. To provide a self-contained presentation, the book begins with a survey of the classical theory of probability and stochastic processes, and an introduction into the foundations of quantum mechanics