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				2 | 
			
				
				Brief Review of Probabilistic Modeling | 
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				2.1 | 
			
				
				Experiment, Sample Space, and Events | 
				
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				2.2 | 
			
				
				Event Probabilities | 
				
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				2.3 | 
			
				
				Random Variables | 
				
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				2.4 | 
			
				
				Probability Mass Function | 
				
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				2.5 | 
			
				
				Conditional PMF's and Independence | 
				
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				2.6 | 
			
				
				Functions of Random Variables | 
				
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				2.7 | 
			
				
				Expectation | 
				
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				2.8 | 
			
				
				The z-transform | 
				
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				2.9 | 
			
				
				Often-Used PMF's | 
					
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					2.9.1 | 
				
					
					Bernoulli PMF | 
					
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					2.9.2 | 
				
					
					Geometric PMF | 
					
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					2.9.3 | 
				
					
					Binomial PMF | 
					
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					2.9.4 | 
				
					
					Poisson PMF | 
				
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				2.10 | 
			
				
				Probability Density Functions | 
					
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					2.10.1 | 
				
					
					Conditional PDF's and independence | 
					
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					2.10.2 | 
				
					
					Expectation | 
					
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					2.10.3 | 
				
					
					Unit impulse function | 
					
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					2.10.4 | 
				
					
					The s-transform | 
				
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				2.11 | 
			
				
				Often-Used PDF's | 
					
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					2.11.1 | 
				
					
					Uniform PDF | 
					
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					2.11.2 | 
				
					
					Exponential PDF | 
					
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					2.11.3 | 
				
					
					Erlang PDF | 
					
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					2.11.4 | 
				
					
					Gaussian PDF | 
				
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				2.12 | 
			
				
				Poisson Process | 
					
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					2.12.1 | 
				
					
					Postulates of a Poisson process | 
					
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					2.12.2 | 
				
					
					Interarrival times | 
					
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					2.12.3 | 
				
					
					Unordered arrival times | 
					
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					2.12.4 | 
				
					
					Multiple independent Poisson processes | 
				
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				2.13 | 
			
				
				Random Incidence | 
				
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				2.14 | 
			
				
				Pedestrian Crossing Problem | 
				
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				2.15 | 
			
				
				Conclusion | 
				
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