BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 341: Random Processes

Summer 2025

Updated 06/26/2025

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Instructor: Jacob Glower

MTuWThF 12-2:15pm,ECE 125

Office Hours: 7pm - 8pm, M-F (on zoom)

Contact: jacob.glower@ndsu.edu

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Syllabus : Old Homework : Resources

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		Lecture Notes	Video YouTube PlayList	Sample Code & Other References	Homework
Mo	May 19	Holiday -		Download Matlab
Tu	May 20	Syllabus Slides #1 Monte-Carlo Slides #2	1: Introduction - 2 Monte Carlo	0: Farkle.txt 0: Poker.txt	HW #1
		COMBINATORICS Enumeration Slides #3	3: Enumeration	1: Farkle 1: Poker 1: Risk StatTrek: Probability
We	May 21	Combinatorics: 5-Card Stud Slides #4 Combinations and Permutations	4: Combinatorics	2: Stud Poker StatTrek: Combinations	HW #2
		Conditional Probability: 5-Card Draw Slides #5 Conditional Probability	5: Conditional Prob	Draw Poker (5 card) StatTrek: Poker Odds
Th	May 22	Dice Games: Farkle Slides #6 Conditional Probability in Dice Games	6: Farkle Odds	4: Farkle (MC) 4: Farkle (enum)	HW #3
		DISCRETE PROBABILTY z-Transforms Slides #7	7: z-Transform
Fr	May 23	Binomial Distribution Slides #8 Bernoulli Trial, BETH, Convolution	8: Binomial StatTrek: Binomial	BC Campus: Binomial	HW #4
		Uniform Distribution Slides #9 Dice, Convolution, Central Limit Theorem	9: Uniform
Mo	May 26 Holiday	Holiday -
Tu	May 27	Geometric Distribution Slides #10 Moment Generating Functions	10: Geometric StatTrek: Hypergeometric	BC Campus: Geometric Wikipedia: Geometric BC Campus: Hypergeometric	HW #5
		Pascal Distribution Slides #11 Use of z-Transforms	11: Pascal	Wikipedia: Correlation Wikipedia: Pascal
We	May 28	Test #1 Discrete Probability			Test #1 Available in-person Available on BlackBoard, 6am-midnight
Th	May 29	CONTINUOUS PROBABILTY LaPlace Transforms Slides #12	12: LaPlace Transforms	BC Campus: Continuous pdf
		Continuous pdf & cdf Slides #13 Continuous probability density functions	13: Continuous pdf
Fr	May 30	Uniform Distribution Slides #14 Continuous convolution	14: Uniform pdf	BC Campus: Uniform Wikipedia: Uniform	HW #6
		Exponential Distribution Slides #15 Moment generating functions	15: Exponential pdf	BC Campus: Exponential Wikipedia: Exponential
Mo	Jun 2	Gamma and Poisson Slides #16 Poisson approx. for binomial	16: Gamma & Poisson pdf StatTrek Poisson	BC Campus: Poisson Wikipedia: Poisson	HW #7
		Normal Distribution Slides #17 Mean, variance	17: Normal pdf StatTrek: Normal	Standard Normal Table - BC Campus: Normal Wikipedia: Normal
Tu	Jun 3	Weibull Distribution Slides #18 Approximating pdf	18: Weibull	Wikipedia: Weibull	HW #8
		Central Limit Theorem Slides #19 Normal approximation	19: CLT	BC Campus: CLT Wikipedia: CLT
We	Jun 4	Testing with Normal Distributions Slides #20 Confidence Intervals	20: Testing	BC Campus: Testing BC Campus: Type I/II Errors	HW #9
		Regression Analysis Slides #21	21: Regression	Global CO2 Levels Global Temperatures Arctic Sea Ice Fargo Temp (high) Fargo Temp (avg) Fargo Temp (low) Fargo Rainfall
Th	Jun 5	Test #2 Continuous Distributions -			Test #2 Available in-person Available on BlackBoard, 6am-midnight
Fr	Jun 6	MARKOV CHAINS Markov Chains Slides #22	22: Markov Chains	Wikipedia: Markov Chains	HW #10
		Absorbing States Slides #23 Win By X	23: Absorbing States
Mo	Jun 9	DATA ANALYSIS Student-t Test Slides 25	25 Student t-Test	Student t-Table - BC Campus: t-test Wikipedia: t-test	HW #11
		t-tests for a single population Slides #26	26 t-Test with One Population
Tu	Jun 10	t-tests with two populations Slides #27	27 t-Test with Two Populations		HW #12
		t-Test Examples Slides 28	28 t-Test Examples
We	Jun 11	Chi-Squared Test Slides #29	29: Chi-Squared Test	Chi-Squared Table - BC Campus: Chi-Squared Wikipedia: Chi-Squared	HW #13
		Chi-Squared Examples Slides #30	30: Chi-Squared Examples
Th	Jun 12	F-Test: ANOVA Slides #31	31: F-test and ANOVA	ANOVA (matlab code) - BC Campus: F Distribution Wikipedia: F-Test StatTrek: ANOVA	HW #14
Fr	Jun 13	Test #3 Data Analysis			Test #3 Available in-person Available on BlackBoard, 6am-midnight
		Multiple Continuous Variables Correlation, Covariance
		Conditional Probability p(A | B) for continuous functions
		Corona Virus Slides #24 Modeling disease spread	22: CoronaVirus	The Economist: A Terrible Toll CoronaVirus,m (sample code)