September 7, 2017
Thursday of Week 3
Topics of the day
- Probability
- Bayes' Law
Suggested readings
- Sections 5.2, 5.4 from George Luger, Artificial Intelligence, 5e
- Sections 5.2, 5.4 from George Luger, Artificial Intelligence, 6e
Online references
- Conditional probability (en.wikipedia.org)
- Joint probability (en.wikipedia.org)
- Bayes theorem (en.wikipedia.org)
Questions and exercises
- What must be true, probability-wise, if events A and B are independent of each other?
- What must be true, probability-wise, if events A and B are mutually exclusive?
- What is the relationship between joint probability and conditional probability?
- What is the mathematical formula for Bayes' Law?
Assignments
Today
- Project 1: Balanced binary due
- Project 2: SpamAssassin out
- Homework 1 (date in handout was incorrect; now fixed) out
Upcoming
- Homework 1 (date in handout was incorrect; now fixed) due (12 Sep)
- Project 2: SpamAssassin prep due (14 Sep)
- Homework 2 out (14 Sep)
