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什么是 Probability model?

又称: sample space · event · uniform model

Definition 18.1 High School Mathematics · 第 18 章 — Probability and Random Variables

An experiment with finitely many outcomes is modelled by its sample space Ω={ω1,…,ωn}\Omega = \{\omega_1, \dots, \omega_n\} (the set of outcomes) together with a probability P\P assigning to each outcome ωi\omega_i a number pi≥0p_i \geq 0, with p1+⋯+pn=1p_1 + \dots + p_n = 1. An event is a subset A⊆ΩA \subseteq \Omega, and

P(A)=∑ωi∈Api.\P(A) = \sum_{\omega_i \in A} p_i .

When all outcomes are equally likely (pi=1np_i = \frac1n: the uniform model),

P(A)=number of outcomes in Anumber of outcomes in Ω.\P(A) = \frac{\text{number of outcomes in } A} {\text{number of outcomes in } \Omega}.

示例

Example 18.2

Roll two distinguishable dice: Ω\Omega is the set of the 3636 ordered pairs (i,j)(i, j) with 1≤i,j≤61 \leq i, j \leq 6, all equally likely. The event SS = “the sum is 77” contains the 66 pairs (1,6)(1,6), (2,5)(2,5), (3,4)(3,4), (4,3)(4,3), (5,2)(5,2), (6,1)(6,1), so P(S)=636=16\P(S) = \frac{6}{36} = \frac16. The event “the sum is 1212” contains only (6,6)(6,6): probability 136\frac{1}{36}. Choosing the right sample space — ordered pairs, not unordered — is what makes the uniform model applicable.

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