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Engineering Probability and Statistics

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Course Description

Course Sources:

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: malekzadeh@ieee.org).

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.
• Instructor: Amir Najafi (email: amir.najafi@sharif.edu).
• 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