Computer Science 240 - Reasoning Under Uncertainty
Fall
2021
01
4.00
Jie Xiong,Peter Haas
M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
12502
Marcus Hall room 131
jxiong@cs.umass.edu
phaas@umass.edu
Development of mathematical reasoning skills for problems that involve uncertainty. Counting and probability -- basic counting problems, probability definitions, mean, variance, binomial distribution, discrete random variables, continuous random variables, Markov and Chebyshev bounds, Laws of large number, and central limit theorem. Probabilistic reasoning -- conditional probability and odds, Bayes' Law, Markov Chains, Bayesian Network, Markov Decision Processes.
Open to Computer Science majors only. MATH 132 or COMPSCI 187 w/ C STUDENTS MAY ONLY TAKE ONE OF 240 AND 250 IN THE SAME SEMESTER. THE UPC WILL DROP STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BOTH FROM ONE OF THE TWO COURSES. 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.cics.umass.edu/overrides.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.