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CSE-801 Stochastic Systems
Campus MCS
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title Stochastic Systems
Course Code CSE-801
Credit Hours 3+0
Pre-Requisutes An elementary course on probability theory
Course Objectives Course Objective: The objective of this course is to prepare the students for a wide range of courses in communications, signal processing, image processing, control and other areas of engineering in which randomness has an important role. Course

Learning Outcomes(CLOs)

CLO1: Review of probability theory, random variable, standard random variable, function of a random variable, Probability mass and density functions, Multiple Random variable, Binomial distribution, Multinomial distribution, poison distribution, Exponential distribution, Normal distribution, geometric distribution, Rayleigh distribution and other common distributions
CLO 2: Marginal distributions, Conditional distributions, Joint probability density functions, Conditional expected values, variances, moments, Covariance and correlation
CLO 3: Multivariate Normal distribution, Joint pdf, Random Process, The Bernoulli process, Poisson process, Poisson combining and splitting
CLO 4: Markov Process and Chains, Life death Process, random walk
CLO 5: Finite-state Markov chains; the matrix approach
Detail Content
  • Review of probability theory, random variable, standard random variable, function of a random variable, Probability mass and density functions, Multiple Random variable, Binomial distribution, Multinomial distribution, poison distribution, Exponential distribution, Normal distribution, geometric distribution, Rayleigh distribution and other common distributions
  • Marginal distributions, Conditional distributions, Joint probability density functions, Conditional expected values, variances, moments, Covariance and correlation
  • Multivariate Normal distribution, Joint pdf, Random Process, The Bernoulli process, Poisson process, Poisson combining and splitting
  • Markov Process and Chains, Life death Process, random walk
  • Finite-state Markov chains; the matrix approach
  • Hidden Markov chain, Viterbi Algorithm, Stationary, Ergodic and Cyclo-stationary Process,Weak and strong law of large numbers, Some useful inequalities
  • Central limit theorem, Convergence in probability, Renewal process, Hypothesis testing and statistical decision theory, Bayesian Statistical Inference
Text/Ref Books
  • Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, 4th edition by Athanasios Papoulis and S. Unnikrhmna.
  • Introduction to Probability, 2nd edition, by Dimitri P. Bertsekas& John N. Tsitsiklis, MIT.
  • Introduction to Probability Models, 10th edition, by Sheldon M. Ross.
  • Viniotis, Y. (1998), Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineers, McGraw Hill, Boston.
  • Hoel, Port and Stone, Introduction to Stochastic Processes
Time Schedule
Faculty/Resource Person Def Emp Col Dr Imran Touqir