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PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
MAT207 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS 3 3 3 5

Objectives and Contents

Objectives: To introduce the basic concepts of probability theory To have the students acquire the skills to analyze nondeterministic signals by modelling them as random processes.
Content: Introduction and definitions (Set Theory, Experiment, Sample Space, Events) Mathematical model of probability, Joint and conditional probability, Bayes theorem Independent events and Bernoulli trials The random variable concept Probability distribution and density functions Conditional distributions and densities Expected values, moments and characteristic functions Transformations of a single random variable. Multiple random variables, joint distribution and density functions Limit theorems Operations on multiple random variables Definition of a random process Independence and stationarity Time averages, statistical averages and ergodicity Autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions Gauss and Poisson processes