Engineering Probability and Statistics
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Course Description
Course Sources:
The Course will be instructed by Dr. Amir Najafi (email: [email protected]).
Main source:
The book “Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes,” written by A. Papoulis and S. U. Pillai.
Secondary sources:
The book “Introduction to Statistics and Probability for Engineering and Pure Sciences,” written by Sheldon M. Ross.
Class pages and teaching assistants:
- Questions and answers, class discussions, and news related to the course, as well as uploading exercise solutions, are all done through the Quera website.
- The schedule for exercise sessions will be announced later.
- The head teaching assistant is Arman Malekzadeh (email: [email protected]).
Exercises and exams:
- The course includes 6 theoretical exercise series and possibly one practical exercise.
- Time: Saturdays and Tuesdays, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM.
- Location: Class A1, Ibn Sina Building.
- Each exercise has a non-extendable deadline of 10 days, and the maximum allowable delay is 2 days. A 25% reduction in score will be applied for each day of delay (linear reduction during these 2 days).
- Practical exercises (if any) will have a separate schedule, which will be announced later. Exercises conflicting with the midterm exam will have an additional 2 days deadline extension.
- A midterm exam will be held in the second week of Ordibehesht month (exact times will be announced later).
Assessment
- Midterm: 7 Points
- Final: 8 Points
- Assignments: 5 Points
- Practical Assignment with R: +1 point