Lecture 15 Parameter Estimation Using Sample Mean Last Time Sums of R. V.s Moment Generating Functions MGF of the Sum of Indep. R.Vs Sample Mean (7.1) Deviation of R. V. from the Expected Value (7.2) Law of Large Numbers (part of 7.3) Probability & Stochastic Processes Yates & Goodman (2nd Edition) NTUEE SCC_06_
Lecture 15: Parameter Estimation Using Sample Mean Today Law of Large Numbers (Cont.) Central Limit Theorem (CLT) Application of CLT The Chernoff Bound Point Estimates of Model Parameters Confidence Intervals Reading Assignment: 6.6 – 6.8, Probability & Stochastic Processes Yates & Goodman (2nd Edition) NTUEE SCC_06_
Lecture 15: Parameter Estimation Using Sample Mean Next Time: Final Exam Scope: Chapters 4 – 7 Time: 15:30 -17:30 Reading Assignment: 6.6 – 6.8, Probability & Stochastic Processes Yates & Goodman (2nd Edition) NTUEE SCC_06_
Law of Large Numbers: Strong and Weak Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss Mathematician, [Ars Conjectandi, Basileae, Impensis Thurnisiorum, Fratrum, 1713 The Art of Conjecturing; Part Four showing The Use and Application of the Previous Doctrine to Civil, Moral and Economic Affairs Translated into English by Oscar Sheynin, Berlin 2005] Bernoulli and Law of Large Number.pdf S&WLLN.doc
Visualization of Law of Large Numbers
Who are they?
For Sum of iid Uniform RVs
For Sum of iid Binomial RVs
Table 1: Normal Distribution Table (from Ulberg, 1987)
Probability and Stochastic Processes A Friendly Introduction for Electrical and Computer Engineers SECOND EDITION Roy D. YatesDavid J. Goodman Chapter 7 Parameter Estimation Using the Sample Mean
Theorem 7.7 If X has finite variance, then the sample mean M N (X) is a sequence of consistent estimates of E[X].
Strong Law of Large Numbers Please refer to the supplementary material
Theorem 7.10 E[V N (X)] = (n-1)/n Var[X]
Application to Histogram Construction Application of P(A) estimation to historgram construction
Approximation of CDF 1. Discretization of RV Values
Lecture 15: Parameter Estimation Using Sample Mean Next Time: Final Exam Scope: Chapters 4 – 7 Time: 15:30 -17:30 Reading Assignment: 6.6 – 6.8, Probability & Stochastic Processes Yates & Goodman (2nd Edition) NTUEE SCC_06_