Computer Science 240 - Reasoning Under Uncertainty

Spring
2014
01
4.00
Andrew McGregor
TU TH 11:15AM 12:30PM
UMass Amherst
53754
Mathematical methods for dealing with uncertainty. Basic counting problems. Discrete probablitlity, expected value and variance. Random number generators and Monte Carlo simulation. Bayesian reasoning, naive Bayes classifiers. Markov processes. Programming projects.
Open to Computer Science majors only. PreReq:CMPSC187/ECE242&MATH CS MINORS, APPLICANTS-ON-CONTRACT, AND OTHERS NOT MEETING ELIGIBILITY, OR STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cs.umass.edu/overrides.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.
Link to Campus Courses
Back to the Five College Course Schedule