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Course code: BIS20104f15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Models and Simulations of Systems
Major: Bioinformatics
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. inż. Marek Klonowski
Language of instruction: Polish
The course exclusively in Polish, with a possibility of support in English
Learning outcomes: Knowledge W1 – knows fundamentals of simulations and modeling [BI2_W11_BP] W2 – knows practcial and theoretical constrains of models of natural phenomena zna ograniczenia teoretyczne i praktyczne ograniczenia modeli zjawisk biologicznych [BI2_W12_BP, BI2_W14_BP] W3 - ma wiedzę dotyczącą podstawowych typów modeli stosowanych w analizie systemów złożonych [BI2_W10_BP, BI2_W13_BP] Skills U1 – is able to construct a model of a simple biological phenomenon [BI2_U14] U2 – is able to create a simulator of a simple biological phenomenon using mathematical packages [BI2_U11_BP, BI2_U12_BP] U3 – can express a biological, scientific in a mathematical language [BI2_U14] Personal and social competeces (attitudes) K1– is able to present a biological problem to scientists from other fields
Competences:
Prerequisites: Basic calculus, probability, mathematical analysis and programming
Course content: Models of complex systems; probabilistic models; dependencies between parameters; constrains of modeling and simulations; typical mistakes in modeling; fundamentals of queue theory and graph theory; epidemic and branching processes; percolations; computer mathematical tools for modeling.
Recommended literature: Literatura 1. Upfal E., Mitzenmacher M., Probability and Computation, Cambridnge University Press 2005; 2. Knuth D.E.: Sztuka Programowania, PWN, Warszawa 2008; 3. Ross S.M.: Probabiliy Models, IAP Academic Press, Berkeley 2000;
Assessment methods: Final exam (30 p) and 3 homeworks (10 p. per each)
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