This unit covers statistical foundations and engineering projects.<br/><br/>Statistical foundations—includes revision of basic notions of probability and statistics and multivariate analysis, Bayesian reasoning, quality-control procedures and practices, and system reliability.<br/><br/>Engineering projects—proceed in overlapping stages of planning, commitment, control and operations. These, together with legal implications, are treated as follows: (1) planning includes project feasibility, risk and financial evaluation, and the methods of time/resource/cost scheduling; the methods of linear programming, critical path procedures, special algorithms, and the treatment of variability and... -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Arcady Dyskin