Probabilities: Expected value
Probabilities: Expected value M. Hauskrecht Probability basics Sample space S: space of all possible outcomes Event E: a subset of outcomes Probability: a number in [0,1] we can associate with an an outcome or an event Probability distribution A function p: S [0,1] that assigns a probability to every possible outcome in S L ' L Í L : O ; ∈ ...
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