6.041/6.431: Spring 2008
Welcome to 6.041/6.431! This ambitious subject is concerned with
the nature, formulation, and analysis of probabilistic situations. No
previous experience with probability is assumed.
Undergraduates should register for 6.041. Graduate students should
register for 6.431. Graduate (G) credit is given for 6.431, which
includes full participation in 6.041 and the completion of some
additional advanced homework problems.
The course closely follows the textbook,
Introduction to Probability
written by
Professor Dimitri P. Bertsekas
and Professor
John N. Tsitsiklis.
It can be purchased at
Quantum Books,
located near Kendall Square.
The class has lectures Monday and Wednesday, 12-1, in room 34-101.
ADMIN LINKS
Previous announcements.
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Please fill out an HKN Underground Guide evaluation for 6.041/6.431 Spring
2008.
This link will become active at 11:59pm at May 6 and will close at 11:59pm
May 16th. Please fill out an evaluation!
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An updated syllabus is posted!
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The FINAL exam is 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM on Wedenesday, 21st May at Johnson Track (Upstairs).
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An info sheet about final and review materials are now available.
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The Solutions to End-of-Chapter-Problems of the handout are posted!
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Message Prof. Dahleh gave in lecture on Wednesday:
* Significance Testing as presented in section 6.7 of the new supplemental
chapter 6 will not be on the final. Having said that the underling concepts
of the section are covered in other sections (i.e. bounding a probability
via Chebyshev's Inequality, probability of an error, etc.), which are fair
game for the final.
Other estimation topics which will *NOT* be on the final are
* Least squares with multiple observations (or multiple regressions)
* confidence intervals
* Neyman Pearson thm for hypothesis testing
COURSE MATERIAL LINKS
