A bonus project for the Math 9 course (Probability and Stochastic Processes). Poisson-Binomial Distribution.

1. Probability and Random
Processes
Assignment (2)
(Bonus assignment)
Dr Sherif Rabia
Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics,
Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University
sherif.rabia@gmail.com
sherif.rabia@alexu.edu.eg

2. Math 9 - 2014/2015 (second term(2
Required
Prepare a 5-min talk about
Poisson-binomial distribution
Computation, simulation and applications

3. Math 9 - 2014/2015 (second term(3
Main points
Your talk should include
• What’s a Poisson-binomial PMF?
• MATLAB code for generating its PMF
and CDF exactly.
• Approximating PMF using simulation.
• Solving a specific problem in
reliability theory using this PMF.