SYS 517 - Probability and Its Engineering Applications

(4 credits)

Techniques and topics from probability of use to engineers, particularly those interested in manufacturing. Includes topics from statistics, control charts, propagation of error and tolerancing, analysis of queuing systems using birth and death processes and Markov chains, reliability, decision trees, etc. Credits cannot be received for both SYS 517 and ISE 517. Offered winter, odd years.

Prerequisite(s): Student must have completed a course in probability.