Assignment 2 – Unit 3 & 4

Problem Statement 1:
Let there be 3 events A, B & C.
Suppose we roll two 6-sided die. Consider the events:
A = ‘odd on die 1’ B = ‘odd on die 2’ C = ‘odd sum’
a. Explain what is Mutual Independence and does it associate with pairwise independence?
b. Are A, B, and C pairwise independent?
c. Are they mutually independent?
(Hint : P(A∩B∩C) = P(A) P(B) P(C).)

Problem Statement 2:
Consider the following diagram
a. Does equation of the previous problem hold here?.
b. Are the events A, B, C mutually independent?
Problem Statement 3:
In any village for families with “n” number of children, consider the following.
Event 1: ‘The family has children of both sexes’
Event 2: ‘There is at most one girl’
E1 & E2 are independent.
a. What is the possible value for“n”?

Problem Statement 4:
Taking rolling of Dice in an experiment consider the following.
X: Result of rolling a fair 4-sided die.
Y: Result of rolling a fair 6-sided die.
Z: Average of X and Y .
a. Find the standard deviation of X, Y , and Z.
b. Plot the pmf and cdf of Z. ( Use simple point plot or histogram )

Problem Statement 5:
Let there be a container of Raisin cereal. The size of the box is 30cm.
Boxes have a higher density of raisins at the bottom (h = 0) than at the top (h = 30).
Density (elements per cm of height): f(h) = 40−h.
a. How many raisins are in a box?
b. H: height of a raisin. Find pdf g(h) of H.
c. Find cdf G(h) of H.
d. What is the probability that a raisin is in the bottom third of the box?
Problem Statement 6:

What is combinatorial problem? Give an example. What is the most difficult in solving these
problems?

Problem Statement 7:

Suppose a genetic algorithm uses chromosomes of the form x = abcdefgh with a fixed length of
eight genes. Let the initial population consist of four individuals with the following
chromosomes:
x1 = 65413532 x2 = 87126601 x3 = 23921285 x4 = 41852094

Perform the following crossover operations for all chromosome combinations with every other
one. Name the off-springs O1, O2,….
a. Cross the fittest two individuals using one–point crossover at the middle point.
b. Cross the second and third fittest individuals using a two–point crossover (points b and f).
c. Consider the crossover operations in the above question. Evaluate the fitness of the new
population, showing all workings.

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