204312 PROBABILITY AND 204312 PROBABILITY AND RANDOM PROCESSES FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERS COMPUTER ENGINEERS
Lecture 8: Chapters 5.1-5.4, 5.6 p
1st Semester, 2007 Monchai Sopitkamon, Ph.D.
Outline Outline
Probability Models of N Random Variables
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Probability Models of N Random Variables
(5.1, Y&G)
Vector Notation (5 2 Y&G) Vector Notation (5.2, Y&G) Marginal Probability Functions (5.3, Y&G) Independence of Random Variables and
Random Vectors (5.4, Y&G) ( , )
Expected Value Vector and Correlation
Matrix (5.6, Y&G) Matrix (5.6, Y&G)
Probability Models of N Random Variables I (5.1)
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Represent n RVs using vector notation A random vector treats a collection of n RVs as a single
entity
Perform an experiment that produces n RVs, X1, …, Xn
p p ,
1,
,
n
defined with multivariate joint CDF ) ..., , ( ) ..., , (
1 1 1
1
n n n X X
x X x X P x x F ≤ ≤ =
However, joint PMF/PDF provides a better way to
analyze prob models ) ( ) (
1 1 1 , ,
1
n n n X X
n
…
analyze prob. models
Multivariate joint PMF of the discrete RVs X1, …, Xn is:
) , , ( ) ..., , (
1 1 1 , ,
1
n n n X X
x X x X P x x P
n
= = = …
…
Probability Models of N Random Variables II
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Multivariate joint PDF of the continuous RVs X1, …,
Xn is:
n
x x F ∂ ) (
n n X X n X X
x x x x F x x f
n n
∂ ∂ ∂ = ) , , ( ) ..., , (
1 1 , , 1 ..., ,
1 1
- …
…
If X1, …, Xn are discrete RVs with joint PMF
) ( P P
1.
≥ 0
) ..., , ( 1
..., ,
1
n X X
x x P P
n
) ..., , ( 1
..., ,
1
n X X
x x P P
n
2.
.
1 n
∑ ∑
∈ ∈
=
n X n n X
S x X X S x
P 1
, ,
1 1 1
…