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==Action items for students (to be completed before next lecture)==
 
==Action items for students (to be completed before next lecture)==
 
*Read section 2.3 in the textbook.  
 
*Read section 2.3 in the textbook.  
*Solve the following problem (this problem completes the second homework, due in class this coming Monday.):
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*Solve the following problem (this problem completes the [[HW2_ECE302_S13_Boutin|second homework]], due in class this coming Monday.):
 
::Problem 34 from [http://www.athenasc.com/Prob-2nd-Ch1.pdf  Chapter 1] of "[http://www.athenasc.com/probbook.html Introduction to Probability]," by Dimitri P. Bertsekas and John N. Tsitsiklis. Athena Scientific, Belmont, Massachusetts, 2008, ISBN 978-1-886529-23-6.
 
::Problem 34 from [http://www.athenasc.com/Prob-2nd-Ch1.pdf  Chapter 1] of "[http://www.athenasc.com/probbook.html Introduction to Probability]," by Dimitri P. Bertsekas and John N. Tsitsiklis. Athena Scientific, Belmont, Massachusetts, 2008, ISBN 978-1-886529-23-6.
  

Latest revision as of 07:11, 25 January 2013


Lecture 8 Blog, ECE302 Spring 2013, Prof. Boutin

Friday January 25, 2013 (Week 3) - See Course Outline.

(Other blogs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)


In Lecture 8, we continued talking about Bernoulli trials. In view of the quiz from the past lecture, we paid special attention to the construction of the event tree, carefully justifying the probability of each branch.

Don't forget to participate in the bonus point opportunity! Deadline is this coming Sunday at 11:59pm.

Action items for students (to be completed before next lecture)

  • Read section 2.3 in the textbook.
  • Solve the following problem (this problem completes the second homework, due in class this coming Monday.):
Problem 34 from Chapter 1 of "Introduction to Probability," by Dimitri P. Bertsekas and John N. Tsitsiklis. Athena Scientific, Belmont, Massachusetts, 2008, ISBN 978-1-886529-23-6.


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