Course: System Analysis and Optimization

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Course title System Analysis and Optimization
Course code KTRD/XESAO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Bulíček Josef, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
System analysis - system and its identification, decomposition, assessment Human activity systems Decision making - mono-criterial, multicriterial Scheduling - design of a sequence of activities Timetabling - organisation of activities in time (reservation time) Capacity of transport infrastructure Basics of information theory

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration
  • Participation in classes - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 50 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 64 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 14 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course is focused on the field of system analysis. The students will learn how to design, modify and optimise especially transport systems in a complex point of view. Decision-making and scheduling methods are also an important part of the subject. Such methods are support for efficient functioning of designed systems. Issues of transport infrastructure capacity and of basics of information theory are involved as well.
After completing the course, students are able to apply a system approach to the design, modification and optimization of transport systems. Students are also introduced to some decision-making and scheduling methods that can be appropriately applied as a part of the optimization activities in systems. This is also presented in the context of transport infrastructure capacity as an example of such a resource, the amount of which is often limited.
Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisities invited. Overview about basic mathematics could be an advantage.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Minimally required attendance is 70% (fixed time schedule - once a week). Higher level of absence can be excused in justified cases with documented reasons (for example, a medical report). Individual completion of examples from the classes (the aim is to solve as many examples as possible directly in class). Exam - written test consised of open questions focused on basic principles how to solve the issues (of computations) and on basic theory.
Recommended literature
  • Albright, S. Christian. Data analysis & decision making. Mason: Thomson South-Western, 2006. ISBN 0-324-40086-1.
  • Bulíček, J. Learning Support Handbook - Systems Analysis and Decision Making. Pardubice. 2020.
  • Černá, Anna. Manažerské rozhodování o dopravních systémech. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7395-849-7.
  • Černý, Ján. Základy matematickej teórie dopravy. Bratislava: Veda, 1989. ISBN 80-224-0099-8.
  • Christofides, N.:. Graph Theory - an Algorithmic Approach.. New York: Academic Press, 1975. ISBN 0-12-174350-0.
  • Tuzar, A. Teorie dopravy. Pardubice, 1996.


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