548-0034/04 – Introduction to System Analysis in Geosciences (ZSAG)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geoinformatics | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Rapant, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Rapant, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with the basic principles being studied and methods of system analysis and its applications in geosciences. Practically acquired skills they can use to perform analysis geosystems and use it in finding the right solutions.
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Summary
The course introduces students to the basic principles, the subject of study and methods of system analysis and its applications in geosciences. Practically acquired skills allow them to analyse geosystems and use it in finding solutions to various problems.
Compulsory literature:
WASSON, C. S. (2006): System Analysis, Design and Development. Concepts, Principles and Practices. John Wile and Sons, Inc., 800 str.
LIVCHITS, V. N., TOKAREV, V. V. (2004): Systems Analysis and Modelling of Integrated World Systems. in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK, [http://www.eolss.net]
Stevens, A.: Dynamics of Predation. Nature Education Knowledge 3(10):46. 2012
Liu, H. a kol.: An integrated system dynamics model developed for managing lake water quality at the watershed scale. Journal of Environmental Management 155 (2015). Str. 11-23.
Recommended literature:
BENETT, R. J., CHORLEY, R. I. (1978): Environmental systems. Philosophy, Analysis and Control. Princeton University Press, 624 str.
PANTELL, R. H. (1976): Techniques of Environmental Systems Analysis. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 202 str.
Pickl, S. W. a kol: Energy modelling with System Dynamics. Universität der Bundeswehr München, 2013. 70 str.
Sterman, J.: System Dynamics Modeling: Tools for Learning in a Complex World. California Management Review 43/4, 2001. 18 p.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Continuous control of solving tasks assigned to exercises. Written and oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
No additional requirements are imposed on the student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1) basics of systems theory; deductive and inductive approach; system approach in geosciences
2) basic concepts of systems theory
3) system behavior; patterns of system behavior
4) classification of systems; system identification; system analysis
5) systems thinking
6) complex system
7) geosystem, ecosystem
8) feedback in the geosystem; Gaia hypothesis
9) methods of modeling geosystems; conceptual model of the geosystem
10) system dynamics; system archetypes
11) causal loop diagram
12) diagram of states and flows
13) conversion of the causal loop diagram into a diagram of states and flows
14) modeling tools of system dynamics
Conditions for subject completion
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