ECE302 Course Outline, Spring 2013, Prof. Boutin

Part 1: To be tested in the first intra-semestrial exam

Week 1-3

• 1.1 Sets
  • Definition
  • Operations
  • De Morgan's Law
• 1.2 Probability Models
  • Sample spaces
  • Probability Laws (axioms, properties
• 1.3 Conditional Probabilities
• 1.4 Independence
• 1.5 Bernoulli Trials
• 1.6 Counting

Suggested references:

Chapter 1 and 2 of the textbook,

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.

Foundations of Probability Theory: Basic Definitions, module by Don Johnson posted on Connexions

Part 2: To be tested in the second intra-semestrial exam

Week 4-10

• Random Variables

Suggested References

Chapter 3,4,5,6 in the textbook

Part 3: To be tested in the final exam

Week 11-15

• Stochastic Processes

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