Lecturer: Giuseppe De Nicolao  

Course name: Introduzione all'analisi dei sistemi (mn)
Course code: 062103
Degree course: Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio
Disciplinary field of science: ING-INF/04
The course relates to:
University credits: CFU 1
Course website: http://sisdin.unipv.it/

Specific course objectives

Knowledge of basic notions of probability theory (conditional probability, independence, random variable, mean, variance, ...).

Course programme

Basics of Probability Theory

• notion of probability;
• independence, conditional probability, total probability theorem and Bayes theorem;
• Bernoulli trials, Poisson events;
• definition of Random Variable (R.V.), cumulative ditribution and probability density functions, functions of R.V.;
• mode, mean ad moments of a R.V.;

Course entry requirements

Basic notions of set theory, logics, notions of limit, derivative, and integral.

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 8
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Project work (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

A. Papoulis. Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes. MCGraw-Hill.

Testing and exams

The student has to pass a written test covering the entire course program.