IEOR W3600. Introduction to Probability and Statistics.

Fall 2003

Prof. Steven Kou

Office hour: M 2pm-4pm, at 312 Mudd.

Announcements

About the final exam.

1. The exam will be held in the Davis Auditorium (the same place as before) on Dec. 15, Monday, from 9am to 12 noon.

2. I will have extra office hours on Dec 10 (1:30 to 3:30pm), 11 (4pm to 6pm), 12 (11am to 1pm).

3. The final exam will be a closed-book exam, and the outside material allowed in the exam is a non-programmable calculator.

4. A formula sheet will be distributed during the exam.

5. All the recitation problems after the second midterm are

6.9
6.12
6.15
6.18
6.23
6.28
6.29a
7.5
8.41
8.54
12.19
12.36
14.30

TA’s are responsible for recitation sessions, holding office hours, grading exams, and providing homework solutions.

Stergios Athanassoglou. 
EMail:  [email protected]
Lin Li. Office Hours Wed 1pm to 4pm. 
EMail:  [email protected]

All TA office hours will be hold at the IEOR computer lab.

Graders are only responsible for grading homework.

Attakrit Asvanunt, [email protected]

Ritvik Singh, [email protected]

HWK 1. Due Monday Sept 15th.

Ch. 1: 62, 68, 74, 76. Ch. 2: 12, 20, 22, 26, 32, 34, 38, 42.

HWK 2. Due Monday Sept 22^nd.

Ch.2: 50, 54, 56, 62, 70, 78, 82, 94, 102

HWK 3. Due Monday Sept 29^th.

Ch.3: 10, 14, 22, 32, 36, 43, 50, 61.

HWK 4. Due to the midterm 1, no need to hand in. The solution is posted here.

Ch. 3: 62, 70, 72, 76, 78, 86, 105.

HWK 5. Due Monday Oct 13^th

Ch. 4: 6, 10, 18, 22, 24, 58, 62.

HWK 6. Due Monday Oct 20^th

Ch 4: 40, 42, 73, 101; Ch. 5: 6, 9, 12, 15

HWK 7. Due to Midterm 2, there is no need to hand in the hwk. The solution is here.

Ch 5: 22, 27, 31, 36, 58, 60, 63, 77.

HWK 8. Due Monday Nov 10^th

Ch. 6: 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 37.

HWK 9. Due Monday Nov 17^th

Ch. 6: 20, 22, 24, 30. Ch. 7: 2, 4, 16, 20.

HWK10. Due Monday Nov 24^th

Ch. 7: 32, 56. Ch. 8: 12, 28, 31, 38, 48, 52, 57

HWK 11. Due to the Thanksgiving, there is no need to hand in the hwk.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The solution is here.

Ch. 9: 24, 33, 34, 35, 40, 50, 52.

In class hwk problems: 9.8, 14.6

HWK 12. Due Monday Dec 8^th

Ch. 14: 29, 31, Ch. 12: 18, 42.

Course Syllabus

Lecture Notes and HWK Solution

Address:

Department of IEOR, 312 Mudd Building, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027

Phone: (212) 854-4334. FAX: (212) 854-8103.

E-mail:sk75 at columbia . edu