GEOINFORMATICS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in LAND AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT

Disciplinary Sector:

Structural Geology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CASINI Leonardo

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

linear algebra, matrices and vectors, knowledge of Windows OS, basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel

AF code:

A000644

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

practical test (laboratory)

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Ability of designing and programming simple codes and GUI for scientific calculations (statistical analysis, graphical and plotting functions, FDM-based numerical models)

Contents

Matlab fundamentals. Operation with vectors and matrices. Vectorizing the code. Introduction to the FOR, WHILE and IF loops. User-defined functions. Graphical functions. Numerical modeling of physical processes governed by second-order partial differential equations: implementing the Fourier's equation.

Recommended Bibliography

provided by the lectures (as .pdf files)

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

face-to-face lectures, laboratory classes and seminars

lectures, laboratory classes

Contacts/More Information

Contacts:
casini@uniss.it
Supervision hours:
lunedì/Monday 10:00 - 12:00
Readiness to offer individual assistance in a foreign language to incoming students (English): YES
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (English): YES

Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (English) : YES

Other courses

Course year: 1

ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY
3 credits
GENETICA DI CONSERVAZIONE DI ANIMALI MARINI
3 credits
SYSTEMS ECOLOGY
12 credits
BIOCULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND GEOGRAPHY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
PLANT BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
7 credits - Caratterizzante
SEDIMENTOLOGY
10 credits - Caratterizzante
THERMODYNAMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING
6 credits - Caratterizzante
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
10 credits - Caratterizzante
ENVIRONMENTAL BOTANY
3 credits - A scelta dello studente
GEOINFORMATICS
3 credits - A scelta dello studente
ICHTYOLOGY
3 credits - A scelta dello studente

Course year: 2

FINAL TEST
28 credits
FUNZIONI E SERVIZI DEI SISTEMI FORESTALI
6 credits - Caratterizzante
GEO RESOURCES
6 credits - Caratterizzante
GEOLOGICAL SSURVEY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
HYGIENE
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
TRAINING
5 credits - Altro

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