CEE 6110 Probabilistic and Statistical Methods in Engineering
Schedule and Topic Outline, Fall 2006
Date	Day	Topic and Readings	Due dates
8/28/2006	Mon	Preliminary data analysis (KR 1; HH 1,2¹)
8/30/2006	Wed
9/1/2006	Fri
9/4/2006	Mon	Labor Day - no classes
9/6/2006	Wed	Random variables and their properties (KR 3.1, 3.2). Kiran Chinnayakanahalli.	HW0
9/8/2006	Fri
9/11/2006	Mon		HW1
9/13/2006	Wed	Basic Probability (KR 2)
9/15/2006	Fri
9/18/2006	Mon		HW2
9/20/2006	Wed	Multiple random variables and conditional probability. Derived distributions. (KR 3.3-3.5)
9/22/2006	Fri
9/25/2006	Mon		HW3
9/27/2006	Wed
9/29/2006	Fri
10/2/2006	Mon		HW4
10/4/2006	Wed	Probability distributions (KR 4)
10/6/2006	Fri	Probability distributions (KR 4)
10/9/2006	Mon	Nonparametric density estimation (Silverman chapters 1-3)	HW5
10/11/2006	Wed	Nonparametric density estimation (Silverman chapters 1-3)
10/11/2006	Wed	Make up class 2.30 - 4.30 pm ENGR 235
10/13/2006	Fri	Model estimation and testing (KR 5)
10/16/2006	Mon	No Class Tarboton away at PUB workshop
10/18/2006	Wed	No Class Tarboton away at PUB workshop
10/20/2006	Fri	Fall Break - no classes
10/23/2006	Mon	No Class Tarboton at INRA Meeting.
10/24/2006	Tues	Make up class 3.30-4.30 ENGR 235. Model estimation and testing continued
10/25/2006	Wed	Review	HW6
10/27/2006	Fri	Midterm
10/30/2006	Mon	Quantifying uncertainty using the bootstrap and other resampling methods (Efron and Tibshirani chapters 1, 2, 6.)
11/1/2006	Wed
11/3/2006	Fri
11/6/2006	Mon
11/8/2006	Wed	Regression (KR 6.1; HH 9). Make up class 11/9/06. 4.30 - 6 pm ENGR 235 to accommodate travel next week	HW7
11/9/2006	Thur
11/10/2006	Fri
11/13/2006	Mon	Some students away 11/13 and 11/15, Tarboton away on 11/15 and 11/17. No classes this week.
11/15/2006	Wed
11/17/2006	Fri
11/20/2006	Mon	Regression continued.
11/21/2006	Tues	Multiple regression (KR 6.2; HH 11). Make up class 11/21/06. 3.30 - 5 in ENGR 235 to accommodate travel last week	HW8
11/22/2006	Wed	Thanksgiving - No classes
11/24/2006	Fri	Thanksgiving - No classes
11/27/2006	Mon	Multiple regression continued
11/29/2006	Wed	Multiple regression continued
12/1/2006	Fri	Nonlinear function estimation and local regression (HTF 2, 3.1-3.3, 6.1-6.5)	HW9
12/4/2006	Mon
12/6/2006	Wed
12/8/2006	Fri	Review.	HW10

12/13/2006	Wed	Final Exam 9:30 - 11.20 am

Notes. KR 1; HH 1,2 etc refer to chapters in the references given in the reading list.
I reserve the right to change dates and topics, including the date of the midterm and assignment due dates with advance warning.