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BIL20163+1+0ECTS:5
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week
LecturerDr. Öğr. Üyesi Gül TAHAOĞLU
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The objective of this course is to provide computer engineering students the basic probability / statistics concepts and theory.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : learn basic probabilistics principals121
LO - 2 : gain probablity distribution and models121
LO - 3 : learn basic statistics principals121
LO - 4 : learn to solve based probabity theory some problems in computer engineneering121
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Basic concepts, basic axioms, geometric probability; conditional probability, independent events, Bayes formula, random variables and their characteristics, distribution of random variables, cdf, pdf, classification of distributions: discrete distributions, continuous distributions, expected value, variance, multivariable distribution functions, mixed distributions, percentile function; median, marginal distributions, conditional distributions, moments, moment generating functions, covariance, correlation, Maximum Likelihood Estimation, MAP Estimation, regression, confidence interval
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Basic Concepts: Stochastic process, sample space, event, certain event, impossible event; Basic operations on events; Probability Models in Discrete Sample Spaces; Traditional Probability Model
 Week 2Basic axioms of probability theory and basic results from these axioms
 Week 3Geometric probability; Conditional probability; Multiplication of Probabilities; Independence of Events; Bayes formula
 Week 4Random variable and its characteristics: Concept, basic characteristics
 Week 5Distribution of random variables; cumulative distribution function; Probability (density) function; Basic characteristics of a distribution function
 Week 6Classification of distributions: discrete distributions (Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric, Poisson), continuous distributions (uniform, exponential, gauss, Gamma, Erlang, Chi-square, Rayleigh, Weibull)
 Week 7The expected value of the random variable; Expected value properties
 Week 8Variance and standard deviation of random variable; Basic characteristics of variance
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Bivariate distribution functions; Marginal distributions; Conditional distributions
 Week 11Multivariate distribution functions; Mixed distributions, percentile function; median
 Week 12A statitics application: Bayes Classifier
 Week 13Histogram; Moments; Center Moments; Skewness; Kurtosis; Moment Generating Functions; Covariance; correlation
 Week 14Estimation; Maximum likelihood estimation; Biased / unbiased estimations; MAP estimation; Bayes estimation
 Week 15Regression; Confidence interval
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences 9th Edition - Jay L. Devore, Brooks Cole, 9 edition, 2015, 792 pages
 
Recommended Reading
1Probability and statistics 4th Edition - Morris H. DeGroot, Pearson, 4 edition, 2011, 912 pages.
2Statistics 12th Edition - James T. McClave, Terry T. Sincich, Pearson, 12 edition, 2012, 840 pages
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 2 50
Quiz 12 03/05/2013 1 20
End-of-term exam 15 2 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 4 14 56
Sınıf dışı çalışma 5 14 70
Arasınav için hazırlık 2 5 10
Arasınav 2 1 2
Kısa sınav 1 1 1
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 2 5 10
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Diğer 1 10 3 30
Total work load181