課程資訊
課程名稱
機率與統計
Probability and Statistics 
開課學期
101-2 
授課對象
電機工程學系  
授課教師
張時中 
課號
EE2007 
課程識別碼
901E21000 
班次
03 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
必修 
上課時間
星期一4(11:20~12:10)星期四7,8(14:20~16:20) 
上課地點
電二145電二145 
備註
本課程以英語授課。本系學生優先修習
總人數上限:70人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1012prob_stats 
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課程概述

1. Experiments, Models, and Probabilities
2. Discrete Random Variables
3. Continuous Random Variables
4. Pairs of Random Variables
5. Random Vectors
6. Sums of Random Variables
7. Parameter Estimation Using the Sample Mean
8. Hypothesis Testing
 

課程目標
To introduce to students the theory, models and analysis of probability and basic statistics and their applications with emphasis on electrical and computer engineering problems.
 
課程要求
Grading: Homework : 20%, Midterm : 40%, Final : 40%, Participation 5% 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
每週四 12:30~13:30
每週一 12:10~13:10 備註: TBD 
指定閱讀
 
參考書目
教科書: "Probability and Stochastic Processes - A Friendly
Introduction for Electrical and Computer Engineers," Second Edition
Authors : Roy D. Yates and David Goodman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.  
評量方式
(僅供參考)
   
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
2/18,2/21  1.0 Motivation and Course overview
1.1 Applying Set Theory to Probability

 
Week 2
2/25,2/28  1.2 Probability Axioms
1.3 Some Consequences of the Axioms
228 National Memorial Day-no class 
Week 3
3/04,3/07  1.4 Some Consequences of the Axioms (Cont.);
1.5 Conditional Probability;
1.6 Independence
1.7 Sequential Experiments and Tree Diagrams
2.1 Discrete Random Variables: Definitions
 
Week 4
3/11,3/14  Discrete Random Variables:
Probability Mass Function
Family of D.R.Vs
Cumulative Distribution Function
Averages
 
Week 5
3/18,3/21  Families of Discrete Random Variables (Cont.);
Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF):
DRV;
CRV;
Probability Density Function.

Reading Assignment: Sections 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2
 
Week 6
3/25,3/28  Probability Density Function (Cont.) (3.2);
Families of Continuous Random Variables (3.4, 3.5);
Families of Continuous Random Variables (3.4, 3.5);

Reading Assignment: Sections 2.6, 3.2-3.5
 
Week 7
4/01,4/04  Gaussian Random Variables (3.5);
Conditional Probability Mass/Density Function (2.9, 3.8);

Reading Assignment: Sections 3.5, 2.9, 3.8

4/04 Spring Review Break; no class.
 
Week 8
4/08,4/11  Conditional Probability Mass/Density Function (2.9, 3.8);
Probability Models of Derived Random Variables (2.6, 3.7);
Averages (2.5, 2.7, 3.3);
Variance and Standard Deviation (2.8).

Reading Assignment: Sections 2.5, 2.7-2.9, 3.3, 3.7-3.9
 
Week 9
4/15,4/18  Probability Models of Derived Random Variables (2.6, 3.7);
Expected Value of a Derived Random Variable (2.7);
Variance and Standard Deviation (2.8);
Midterm Exam (4/18, 3:30pm-)

Reading Assignment: Sections Chaps. 1-3
 
Week 10
4/22,4/25  Random Vector:
Probability Models of N Random Variables;
Vector Notation;
Pairs of R.Vs.:
Joint CDF;
Joint PMF;
Reading Assignment: Sections 5.1, 5.2, 4.1-4.2
 
Week 11
4/29,5/02  Pairs of R.Vs.:
Marginal PMF (Cont.);
Joint PDF;
Marginal PDF;
Functions of Two R.Vs;
Expected Values;
Reading Assignment: Sections 4.3-4.9
 
Week 12
5/06,5/09  Pairs of R.Vs.(Cont.):
Expected Values;
Conditioning by an Event;
Conditional PDF;
Reading Assignment: Sections 4.7-4.9.
 
Week 13
5/13,5/16  Pair of Random Variables and Vectors:
Independence between Two R.Vs;
Bivariate R.V.s and Vector Expressions;
Vector Functions of Random Vectors: n=2;
Reading assignment: 4.10-11; Chapter 5.
 
Week 14
5/20,5/23  Sums of R. V.s:
Expected Values of Sums;
PDF of the Sum of Two R.V.s;
Moment Generating Functions;
MGF of the Sum of Indep. R.Vs;

Reading Assignment:
Textbook Sections 6.1-6.4
 
Week 15
5/27,5/30  Sums of R. V.s (Cont.):
MGF of the Sum of Indep. R.Vs;
Random Sums of Indepent R.Vs;
Central Limit Theorem;
Application of the Central Limit Theorem;
The Chernoff Bound.
Reading Assignment: 6.4 – 6.8
 
Week 16
6/03,6/06  Sums of R. V.s (Cont.):
Application of the Central Limit Theorem (Cont.);
The Chernoff Bound.
Parameter Estimation Using the Sample Mean:
Sample Mean: Expected Value and Variance;
Deviation of a Random Variable from the Expected Value;
Point Estimates of Model Parameters;
Confidence Intervals.
Reading Assignment: 6.7 – 6.8, 7.1 – 7.4
 
Week 17
6/10,6/13  Parameter Estimation Using the Sample Mean:
Confidence Intervals (Cont.);
Significance Testing.
Reading Assignment: 7.4, 8.1
 
Week 18
06/17, 20  Final Exam (6/20, 15:30, See details at https://sites.google.com/site/ntueepas2013/)

Scope: Chapters 4, 5, 6 and Secs 7.1-7.4
(May skip the parts about Matrix Form representations of 3 or more r.vs)

 
Week 19
06/24  Makeup Lecture (14 – 16, 6/24; Rm. 145, EE-2 Bldg.):
Significance Testing (Cont.);
Binary Hypothesis Testing.
Reading Assignment: 8.1 – 8.2