PROBABILITY , STATISTICS AND
QUEUING THEORY( I .T )
Periods
Sessional
Credits Exam Hrs. Exam Marks Total Marks
Marks
Theory Tutorial Lab
4 3 1 - 3 40 60 100
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course student should be able to:
CO - 1 Understand the concepts of various statistical measures like mean , variance and
standard deviation of a random variable.
CO - 2 Familiarize the different types probability distributions and their properties.
CO - 3 Compute simple correlation between the variables and fit straight line , parabola by the
principle of least squares.
CO - 4 Analyze the statistical data and apply various small or large sample test for testing the
hypothesis.
CO - 5 Learn about different Queuing models and its applications.
UNIT I : PROBABILITY & MATHEMATICAL EXPECTATIONS
(12 Periods)
Introduction to probability: Definition of Random Experiment, Events and Sample space,
Definition of probability, Addition and Multiplication theorems, Conditional probability,
Baye's Theorem, Simple Problems on Baye's theorem. Random Variables: Discrete and
Continuous random variables, Distribution function of random variable, Properties, Probability
mass function, Probability density function, Mathematical expectation, Properties of
Mathematical expectations, Mean and Variance.
UNIT II : PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION (14 Periods)
Discrete Distributions: Binomial Distribution, Mean and Standard Deviations of
Binomial Distribution, Poisson distribution, Mean and Standard Deviations of Poisson
Distribution, Applications. Continuous Probability Distributions: Uniform Distribution,
Exponential Distribution, Normal Distribution, Properties of Normal Distribution, Importance of
Normal Distribution, Area properties of Normal curve.
UNIT III : CURVE FITTING , CORRELATION AND REGRESSION
( 10 Periods )
Curve Fitting : Principle of Least Squares , Method of Least Squares
( Straight Line and Parabola ) .
Correlation : Definition, Measures of correlation,
Correlation for Bivariate Distribution, Rank correlation coefficients.
Regression : Simple linear regression, regression lines and properties.
UNIT IV : TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS ( 14 Periods )
Formulation of Null Hypothesis, Critical Region, Level of Significance.
Small Samples : Students t - distribution (Significance test of a sample mean,
Significance test of difference between sample means),
F- distribution, - test, Goodness of fit.
Large samples : Test of Significance of Large Samples – Single Proportion, Difference
between two Proportions , Single mean and Difference of means.
UNIT V : QUEUEING THEORY ( 10 Periods )
Queue description, characteristics of a queuing model, study state solutions of
M/M/1: α Model, M/M/1 ; N Model.
TEXT BOOK :
1. Probability, Statistics and Random Processes by T.Veerarajan, Tata McGraw Hill
Publications.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Probability & Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Applications by
Kishor S. Trivedi , Prentice Hall of India ,1999 .