ELEC 471, Spring 2001
Prof. Rich Kozick

Homework 6


Date Assigned: Thursday, March 1, 2001
Date Due: Thursday, March 8, 2001


  1. Reading: Continue studying Chapter 2, sections 2.1 through 2.9.

  2. Exam 2 will be on Thursday, March 22 (after Spring Break).
    (Note the original version of this assignment listed the exam date as March 18, which is wrong.)

  3. Please solve the following problems in the text.
    Section 2.3: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11.
    Section 2.4: 1, 3.
    Section 2.5: 2, 3, 5, 6 (refer to Appendix A, rather than deriving from scratch), and 9.
    There are 15 problems, so start early!

  4. Extra credit (or "make-up" if you missed any previous MATLAB assignments):

    Develop a MATLAB simulation of the game described in Problem 2.5.9. Compare your simulation results with the analytical PMF PY(y) and expected value E[Y].

  5. Presentations: The following students are asked to present their solution on March 8 to the indicated problem. The presentation will be done as a group.

    Problem 2.3.9:
    Kenny Emeson and Ron Gagnon

    Problem 2.3.11:
    Gena Giles and Jeff Graham
    ** Changed to Joe Kovach and Jesse Kuhn; Gena and Jeff will present next time. **

    Problem 2.5.9:
    James Hollins and Mark Knysh

Thank you.