Introduction to basic concepts in probability theory. Pre-requisite to many upper-year machine learning courses. We used the Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering textbook, by Prof Alberto Leon-Garcia.
Concepts covered
- Basic probability theory
- Mutual exclusivity
- Events
- Basic set operations (, , ) and De Morgan’s laws
- Finite and infinite sets (sample spaces)
- Combinatorics
- Multiplication rule
- Permutations