Introductory Maths Resources for
Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning
Topics
The topics that you will need to have some understanding of are
- Vectors and matrices
- Differential calculus, up to partial differentiation
- Basic probability (discrete and continuous probability distributions)
Books
The material mentioned above is covered in many mathematics texts.
I mention some common Engineering Maths texts below which have
appropriate coverage, but there are many, many more
- Engineering Mathematics: Programmes and Problems.
K. A. Stroud, Macmillan, 4th edition, 1995. Available in Main library
(short loan), Robertson and JCM libraries.
- Mathematics for Engineers: A Modern Interactive Approach.
A. Croft and R. Davison, Addison Wesley, 1999.
Web-based resources
Almost all of what I know about web-based mathematics resources is
derived from the
CTI Mathematics
Resources page.
I have focussed on web-based resources.
-
Engineering Pre-sessional Mathematics Refresher Programme from Loughborough University. Has refresher material on arithmetic and algebra,
trigonometry, common engineering functions, differentiation
integration. Has exercises.
-
The Geomaths
MathHelp material. A series of "notebooks". 1st level modules include
differentiation and vectors. Second level modules include partial
differentiation, matrices and probability. Some exercises (with answers),
although the ExitQuizes are not enabled.
-
Interactive Exercises on Matrix Algebra. Only as far as
Basic Computing with Vectors and Matrices.
- MATH-abundance A number
of tutorials on mathematical topics (e.g vectors, matrices,
the derivative), worked problems and links to other tutorials
Please let me know of any
resources (printed or web-based) that you find helpful that are not mentioned
above.
This page is maintained by
Chris
Williams
