This course is one of the required core courses and as such is intended to provide breadth in a student's program and also to serve as a prerequisite for more advanced courses. The emphasis is on applications of probability to engineering problems and the major objective is to train the student to formulate such problems within the framework of probability theory.
Hour Exams: 50%
Quizzes: 10%
Final Exam: 40%
If the final exam score is higher than the lowest test score, then the final exam score will replace the lowest test score. The lowest quizz grade will be dropped.
The final is totally comprehensive and includes all the homework assignments and the following sections
from the book:
Chapters 1-8
Chapter 9.1, 9.2
Chapter 10 and 11
Chapter 12.3
Chapter 14
Text:
A. Papoulis, Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill, 1991.
References:
There are various books on reserve in the Engineering Library. You are encouraged to make use of them. The following is a list of reference books you may find helpful:
P.E. Pfeiffer, Concepts of Probability Theory, Dover, 1978.
W.B. Davenport, Probability and Random Processes, McGraw-Hill, 1970.
A. Papoulis, Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes, 1st edition, McGraw Hill, 1965.
R.M. Gray and L.D. Davisson, Random Processes: A Mathematical Approach for Engineers, Prentice-Hall, 1986.
C.W. Helstrom, Probability and Stochastic Processes for Engineers, Macmillan, 1984.
H. Stark and J. W. Woods, Probability, Random Processes, and Estimation Theory for Engineers, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1994.
L. Breiman, Probability and Stochastic Processes, 2nd edition, Scientific Press, 1986.
P. Z. Peebles, Probability, Random Variables and Random Signal Principles, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1993.
A. Leon-Garcia, Probability and Random Processes, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1994.
S. Lipschutz, Probability, Schaum's Outline.
No make up exams are possible. It is also not possible to take an exam early.
The hour exams will be October 10 and November 16. If the final exam score is higher than the lowest test score, then the final exam score will replace the lowest test score.
If you dispute your grade on an exam, you have one week from the date that the exam was returned to request a change in the grade. After this time, no further change in grade will be considered. All requests for a change in a grade must be submitted in writing to Professor Delp. You must sign, date, and attach your regrade request (in ink) to the original exam paper. If you feel that you may need your exam to aid you in studying, then you should make a copy of your exam before you submit it for a regrade request.
Regrade requests are to be used for procedural errors and/or possible mistakes in interpreting your solutions. Regrade requests of the type: "I think I should receive more points on X," will be routinely rejected.
Professor Delp reserves the right to regrade the entire exam.