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

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=== Slides ===
 
=== Slides ===
  
* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wcohen/10-601/prob-tour+bayes.pptx Slides in Powerpoint].  ''These are the slides I used for 10-605, they might be updated.''
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* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wcohen/10-601/prob-tour+bayes.pptx Slides in Powerpoint].   
  
 
=== Readings ===
 
=== Readings ===

Revision as of 10:39, 16 August 2013

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

Slides

Readings

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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