Decision Support System
Syllabus, Master's level, 1HY126
This course has been discontinued.
- Code
- 1HY126
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Sustainable Development A1N
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 27 April 2011
- Responsible department
- Department of Earth Sciences
Entry requirements
BSc. 180 credits in the subject areas: natural sciences, technology and/or social sciences
Learning outcomes
After completed course the students should be able to:
- present basic scientific methodology, falsifiable theories, empirical relations, empirical models and their power of prediction,
- present advantages, disadvantages, and methods in different approaches of decision support and construct decision support systems as a means to combine methods of natural and social sciences,
- order in increasing importance different strategies to combat environmental and societal problems, and identify uncertainty in the methods and their components.
Content
Basic theory of science and methodology. Order of precedence of environmental problems. Predict effects of environmental measures. Cost-benefit analysis. Overview, multicriteria analysis. Evaluating a sound living environment with help of utility functions. Computer exercises where the students are simulating environmental effects and suggest a decision support system for contaminated lakes.
Instruction
Lectures. Computer exercises. Project work. Literature studies.
Assessment
Laboratory report (1 credit) and a written report and presentation of the project (4 credits).
Reading list
No reading list found.