Standard Course Syllabus Course Supervisor Date of Approval

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Moses February 17, 1999

805 Random Processes and Applications

2. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Random processes; autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions; energy and power spectral densities; mean-square

calculus; minimum mean squared error signal estimators; optimal filtering; random processes as inputs to linear systems;

applications to communications and signal processing.

Quarters of Offering Credits
Level Class Meeting

Wi Qtr. 3 G 3 cl.

Course Prerequisites

Prereq: 804.

3. PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC

Random variables, expectation operator, cumulative distribution functions, probability distribution functions, conditional

probability and conditional expectation, statistical independence, Gaussian random variables, linear systems theory, Fourier

analysis methods, linear algebra, second order differential equations.

Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite

800, 806, 851

4. Text(s) and Other Course Materials Author(s) Publisher

Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, 4th Papoulis and Pillai McGraw-Hill

Ed., 2002

ISBN: 0-07-366011-6

(MSH from 804)

References (supplemental reading)

[1] Stark and Woods, Probability, Random Processes and Estimation Theory for Engineers, Prentice-Hall, 1986.

[2] Papoulis, Probability, Random Processes and Stochastic Processes

[3] Thomas, An Introduction to Communication Theory and Systems

[4] Wong, An Introduction to Random Processes

[5] Viniotis, Probability and Random Processes

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Students learn the mathematical properties of random processes, mean-square calculus and series representations of

random processes. (Criterion 3(a))

2. Students learn the tools necessary for the analysis of random processes through linear systems. (Criterion 3(a))

3. Students learn the properties of important random processes: Poisson processes, Wiener processes, and the Markov

property of random processes. (Criterion 3(a))

4. Students design and analyze optimal estimation algorithms for random processes in noise. (Criteria 3(b),(c),(e),(k))

6. TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES)

Basic Concepts of Random Processes (6)

Mean-Square Calculus (5)

Stationary Processes (3)

Spectral Densities (3)

Random Processes through Linear Systems (3)

Filtering and Estimation (6)

Expansions of Periodic and Non-periodic Random Processes (4)

7. CLASS MEETING PATTERN (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.)

3 cl.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:22 AM

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