Lecture 6 Blog, ECE302 Spring 2013, Prof. Boutin
Friday January 18, 2013 (Week 2) - See Course Outline.
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In Lecture 6, we presented the total probability theorem and Bayes rule. We illustrated both of these using a chess tournament example. We also illustrated both using a previously discussed detection problem. We ended the lecture by defining "independent events".
Action items for students (to be completed before next lecture)
- Read sections 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 in 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.
- Solve the following problems (these will be part of the second homework, to be handed in later):
- Problems 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25 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.
- Draw an event tree to represent the Monty Hall problem:
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