ENGIN 322 SYLLABUS (Spring 05)

Class

Date

Reading assignments

(Cooper  & McGillem)

Topics

Home-works assignments (end of chapters)

Exams and due dates

1

Jan. 25

1.1-1.4

Probability and Randomness in Engineering; Relative-frequency Approach

 

 

2

Jan. 27

1.5-1.6

Set theory; Axiomatic Approach

 

 

3

Feb. 1

1.7-1.11

Conditional Probability; Combined Experiments

HW1 (Ch.1)

4.5; 6.1; 7.1; 8.4

 

4

Feb. 8

2.1-2.3

Random Variables; Distribution and Density Functions

 

 

5

Feb. 10

2.4-2.5

Mean Values and Moments; Gaussian Random Variable

HW2 (Ch.2)

2.3; 3.4; 4.4; 5.2

HW1 due

6

Feb. 15

2.6; 2.8

Other Density Functions; Conditional Prob. Distr. And Density Functions

 

 

7

Feb. 17

2.9

Examples and Applications

HW3 (Ch.2)

6.4; 7.1; 8.2; 9.3

HW2 due

8

Feb. 22

3.1-3.2

Two Random Variables; Conditional Probability

 

 

9

Feb. 24

3.3-3.5

Statistical Independence; Correlation; Density Function of the Sum of two Rand. Variables

HW4 (Ch.3)

1.2; 2.1; 3.3; 4.4

HW3 due

10

Mar. 1

 

 

 

Exam 1

11

Mar. 3

4.1-4.3

The Sample Mean and the Sample Variance

HW 5

HW4 due

12

Mar. 8

4.4-4.5

Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals; Hypothesis Testing

 

 

13

Mar. 10

4.6-4.7

Curve Fitting and Linear Regression; Correlation between two Sets of Data

HW 6

HW 5 due

14

Mar. 22

5.1-5.2

Random Processes

 

 

15

Mar. 24

5.2-5.6

Random Processes (cont.)

HW 7

HW6 due

16

Mar. 29

6.1-6.3

Autocorrelation Function of a Binary Process; Properties

 

 

17

Mar. 31

6.5-6.8

Cross-correlation Functions; Properties and Examples

HW 8

HW 7 due

18

Apr. 5

 

 

 

Exam 2

19

Apr. 7

7.1-7.3

Spectral Density and Fourier Transform; Properties

HW 9

HW 8 due

20

Apr. 12

7.4-7.5

Complex Frequency Plane; Mean-Square Values

 

 

21

Apr. 14

7.6-7.7

Relation to the Autocorrelation Function; White Noise

HW 10

HW 9 due

22

Apr. 19

7.8; 7.10-11

Cross-Spectral Density; Periodogram Estimate; Examples

 

 

23

Apr. 21

8.1-8.4

Analysis in Time Domain; Mean and Mean-Square Value; Autocorrelation of System Output

HW 11

HW 10 due

24

Apr. 26

8.5-8.6

Xcorrelation between Input and Output

 

 

25

Apr. 28

8.7-8.10

Frequency Domain Analysis

HW 12

HW 11 due

26

May 3

 

 

 

Exam 3

27

May 5

Kamen: 11.1-2

Z-Transform of a Discrete-Time Signal; Properties

HW 13

HW 12 due

28

May 10

Kamen:

11.3-4

Inverse z-Transform; Transfer Function

 

 

29

 

Kamen: 11.5-11.6

Stability; Frequency Response

 

HW 13 due

 

May 16-20

Final Exam

 

 

Final Exam