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Introduction to System Analysis in Geosciences

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 548-0034/05
Abbreviation ZSAG
Course title Introduction to System Analysis in Geosciences
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Rapant, CSc.

Osnova předmětu

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 and diagram of states and flows
12) conversion of the causal loop diagram into a diagram of states and flows
13) modeling tools of system dynamics

Povinná literatura

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.

Doporučená literatura

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.