Course: Adjustment Calculus 2

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Course title Adjustment Calculus 2
Course code KGM/VP2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šprlák Michal, Doc. Ing. PhD.
  • Novák Pavel, Prof. Ing. PhD
  • Pitoňák Martin, Doc. Ing. PhD.
Course content
Basic definitions and terminology. Classification of mathematical models. Deterministic and stochastic parts of the model. General methods for solution of mathematical models. Linearization of non-linear mathematical models. Metric tensors, distances and lengths of vectors. Geometric meaning of the least-squares adjustment. Theory of probability. Random event, variable and samples. Statistical hypothesis and its testing. Errors of hypothesis tests. Tests of observations for consistency and gross errors. Testing observations in the context of mathematical models. Tests of solved parameters. Design problems. Models with the a priori knowledge about unknown parameters. Models with conditions. Models with singularities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Task-based study method, Self-study of literature, Lecture, Practicum
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 13 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to explain fundamentals of land surveying
to explain fundamentals of the adjustment calculus
to explain fundamentals of the mathematical analysis
to explain fundamentals of algebra
to explain fundamentals of goniometry
Skills
to derive an uncertainty of observable
programming at the beginner level
to make a plot or a map
to interpret results and their uncertainties
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to resolve among data processing methods and apply them
critically assess the results of processing
Skills
to practically realise the variance-covariance law
to practically process observables in geodesy
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Practicum
Task-based study method
Skills
Practicum
Task-based study method
Competences
Lecture
Practicum
Task-based study method
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Written exam
Combined exam
Test
Skills
Oral exam
Written exam
Combined exam
Test
Competences
Oral exam
Written exam
Combined exam
Test
Recommended literature
  • K-R. Koch. Parameter estimation and hypothesis testing in linear models. Springer, Berlin, 1999. ISBN 3-540-65257-4.
  • M. Hampacher, M. Štroner. Zpracování a analýza měření v inženýrské geodázii. ČVUT, Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04900-6.
  • P. J. G. Teunissen. Adjustment Theory: an introduction. VSSD, 2000. ISBN 978-9040719745.
  • P. J. G. Teunissen. Network Quality Control. VSSD, 2009. ISBN 978-9071301988.
  • P. J. G. Teunissen. Testing Theory: an introduction. VSSD, 2009. ISBN 978-9040719745.


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