Probability and Stochastic Processes: A Friendly Introduction for Electrical and Computer Engineers, 3rd Edition

Appendix A

Families of Random Variables

A.1   Discrete Random Variables

Bernoulli (p)

For 0 ≤ p ≤ 1,

Binomial (n, p)

For a positive integer n and 0 ≤ p ≤ 1,

Discrete Uniform (k, l)

For integers k and l such that k < l,

Geometric (p)

For 0 < p ≤ 1,

Multinomial

For integer n > 0, p_i ≥ 0 for i = 1, ...