Difference between revisions of "10-601 Introduction to Probability"

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=== What You Should Know Afterward ===
 
=== What You Should Know Afterward ===
  
You should be able to know the definitions of the following:
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You should know the definitions of the following, and be able to use them to solve problems:
  
 
* Random variables and events
 
* Random variables and events

Revision as of 09:01, 3 July 2013

This a lecture used in the Syllabus for Machine Learning 10-601

Slides

Readings

  • None

What You Should Know Afterward

You should know the definitions of the following, and be able to use them to solve problems:

  • Random variables and events
  • The Axioms of Probability
  • Independence, binomials, multinomials
  • Conditional probabilities
  • Bayes Rule
  • MLE’s, smoothing, and MAPs
  • The joint distribution
  • Inference
  • Density estimation and classification
  • Naïve Bayes density estimators and classifiers
  • Conditional independence