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Probability methods in engineering: Course Outline

Objective: To introduce the basic concepts and engineering applications of probability and statistics.

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Course Outline

  • Set theory
  • Basic concepts of probability
  • Conditional probability
  • Independent events
  • Baye's Theorem
  • Discrete and continuous random variables
  • Distributions and density functions
  • Probability distributions (binomial, Poisson, hyper geometric, normal, uniform and exponential)
  • Mean, Variance
  • Standard deviations
  • Moments and moment generating functions
  • Linear regression and curve fitting
  • Limits theorems and applications

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