Take home examinations

Assignment Date assigned Due date Solutions
Take home examination 1 11/13 11/15 THE1
Take home examination 2 12/11 12/13 THE2

Written examination


The students will have to answer two out of 9 theoretical questions given in the list below.

Theoretical questions for the written examination

Problem solving, discussions

Problem numbers in the book Date and place
1.1, 1.4, 1.6(a), 1,11, 1.16, Example 1.1.5 11/2, Pascal
2.1, 2.3, Example 2.21, 2.13 11/9, MVH12
Example 2.2.3, 2.6, 2.13, Example 2.2.4 11/16, MVH12
On the waiting-time paradox; 3.1, 3.3 11/23, MVH12
Example 3.1.3, 3.6, 3.7, 3.14 11/30, MVH12
3.16, 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8 12/7, MVH12
The M/M/1 Queue Model 12/11, Pascal

Problem solving is the science of converting a problem statement into a form that is easy to understand and solve. Problem solving is a skill needed in many fields of mathematics, science and engineering.

Lectures

Lecture topicDate and place
The Poisson process and related processes 1 10/30, MVH11
The Poisson process and related processes 2 11/1, Pascal
The Poisson process and related processes 3 11/6, MVF21
Renewal-reword processes 1 11/8, MVH12
Renewal-reword processes 2 11/13, Pascal
Renewal-reword processes 3 11/15, Pascal
Discrete-time Markov chains 1 11/20, Pascal
Discrete-time Markov chains 2 11/22, Pascal
Discrete-time Markov chains 3 11/27, Pascal
Discrete-time Markov chains 4 11/29, Pascal
Continuous-time Markov chains 1 12/4, Pascal
Continuous-time Markov chains 2 12/6, Pascal
Markov chains and queues 12/11, Pascal
Revision and discussions 12/13, Pascal

Material from the book included in the course

Compendium in Probability theory