EE 126 Fall 2007 Midterm #1 Thursday October 4, :30–5pm DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE OVER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

Discrete Time Markov Chains : Ergodicity Theory

Lecture 8: Discrete Time Markov Chains: Ergodicity Theory Announcements: 1. We handed out HW2 solutions and your homeworks in Friday’s recitation. I am handing out a few extras today. Please make sure you get these! 2. Remember that I now have office hours both: Wednesday at 3 p.m. and Thursday at 4 p.m. Please show up and ask questions about the lecture notes, not just the homework! No one cam...

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EE 226 : Random Processes in Systems Fall ’ 06 Problem Set 4 — Due Oct , 12

This problem set essentially reviews detection theory and hypothesis testing and some basic notions of estimation theory. Not all exercises are to be turned in. Only those with the sign F are due on Thursday, October 12 at the beginning of the class. Although the remaining exercises are not graded, you are encouraged to go through them. We will discuss some of the exercises during discussion se...

STAT 302 : Secs 508 - 510 Fall 1997 Exam

1. Don’t even open this until you are told to do so. 2. Be sure to mark your section number (508, 509 or 510) and your test form (A, B, C or D) on the scantron! 3. Sign your name where indicated on your scantron and write your Tuesday section number and computer number beside it. Also, you must place your scantron in the correct section stack (for next Tuesday). 4. There are 20 multiple-choice ...

It Ain’t What You Do (But the Way That You Do It): Will Safety II Transform the Way We Do Patient Safety; Comment on “False Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice”

Mannion and Braithwaite outline a new paradigm for studying and improving patient safety – Safety II. In this response, I argue that Safety I should not be dismissed simply because the safety management strategies that are developed and enacted in the name of Safety I are not always true to the original philosophy of ‘systems thinking.’

Message for the Parents of New International Undergraduate Students

Dear Parents, It was wonderful to see so many families of our new students participate in Monday’s orientation. As a follow-up to our Panel of University Representatives, we would like to provide you with some additional information and webpages, and with responses to some of the questions raised yesterday, in order to clarify these important issues for you. We would also like to point out anot...