Course Catalog - 2005-2006

     

STAT 331 - APPLIED PROBABILITY

Long Title: APPLIED PROBABILITY
Department: Statistics
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 212
Description: Elementary probability theory, conditional probability, independence, discrete and continuous random variables, expectation, standard discrete and continuous distributions, transform techniques, central limit theorems, estimation, and correlation. Selected topics such as the Poisson process, Markov chains, and statistical techniques. Illustrations from engineering. Cross-list: ELEC 331.
Course URL: http://statistics.rice.edu/courses/cfm