Part of ALG-04 — Probability & Distributions

Essential Formulas

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Classical: P(A) = nAn\frac{A}{n}(S), P(A') = 1-P(A) Addition: P(A union B) = P(A)+P(B)-P(A intersect B) Conditional: P(A|B) = PAintersectBP\frac{A intersect B}{P}(B) Multiplication: P(A intersect B) = P(A)*P(B|A) Independence: P(A intersect B) = P(A)*P(B) Total Probability: P(A) = sum P(A|BiB_i)*P(BiB_i) Bayes': P(BiB_i|A) = P(A|BiB_i)*PBisum\frac{B_i}{sum} P(A|BjB_j)*P(BjB_j)

Binomial Distribution X ~ B(n,p):

  • PMF: P(X=r) = C(n,r)*prp^r*q^(n-r)
  • Mean: E(X) = np
  • Variance: Var(X) = npq
  • Mode: floor((n+1)p) or two values if (n+1)p is integer
  • Sum: sum P(X=r) = 1

Inclusion-Exclusion (3 events): P(A union B union C) = P(A)+P(B)+P(C)-P(AB)-P(BC)-P(AC)+P(ABC)

Counting:

  • Permutations: nPr = n!/(n-r)!
  • Combinations: nCr = n!/(r!(n-r)!)
  • With replacement: nrn^r

Expected Value: E(aX+b) = aE(X)+b Variance: Var(aX+b) = a2a^2*Var(X)

Geometric: P(X=k) = q^(k-1)*p (first success on kth trial)

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