School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Modelling and Simulation
  • Unit Code

    MAT5219
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Ute Anja MUELLER

Description

This unit is designed to provide students with a variety of techniques for modelling and simulation of real world processes. Applications will be mainly in the areas of mining, petroleum and environmental geostatistics.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from MAT3106, MAT3485, MAT5106, MAT5215

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply particular and general statistical methods for generating random variables.
  2. Model and simulate discrete and continuous attributes.
  3. Use a variety of conditional and unconditional simulation methods to assess spatial uncertainty and obtain performance measures for these simulation methods.
  4. Use variance reduction to improve the efficiency of the simulation approach.

Unit Content

  1. Probability distributions: random variables, generating uniform and non uniform random variables, random number tests, variance reduction.
  2. Sequential and non-sequential simulation algorithms.
  3. Simulation: stochastic processes, model construction and analysis, simulation programming.
  4. Validation and performance measures.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Equivalent to three hours of lecture/workshop sessions per week. The course will be supported by use of a range of software packages.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPreparatory work for simulation and univariate simulation30%
AssignmentMultivariate Simulation40%
Case StudyCategorical Simulation30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPreparatory work for simulation and univariate simulation30%
AssignmentMultivariate Simulation 40%
Case StudyCategorical Simulation30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Modelling and Simulation
  • Unit Code

    MAT5219
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Ute Anja MUELLER

Description

This unit is designed to provide students with a variety of techniques for modelling and simulation of real world processes. Applications will be mainly in the areas of mining, petroleum and environmental geostatistics.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from MAT3106, MAT3485, MAT5106, MAT5215

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply particular and general statistical methods for generating random variables.
  2. Model and simulate discrete and continuous attributes.
  3. Use a variety of conditional and unconditional simulation methods to assess spatial uncertainty and obtain performance measures for these simulation methods.
  4. Use variance reduction to improve the efficiency of the simulation approach.

Unit Content

  1. Probability distributions: random variables, generating uniform and non uniform random variables, random number tests, variance reduction.
  2. Sequential and non-sequential simulation algorithms.
  3. Simulation: stochastic processes, model construction and analysis, simulation programming.
  4. Validation and performance measures.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Equivalent to three hours of lecture/workshop sessions per week. The course will be supported by use of a range of software packages.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPreparatory work for simulation and univariate simulation30%
AssignmentMultivariate Simulation40%
Case StudyCategorical Simulation30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentPreparatory work for simulation and univariate simulation30%
AssignmentMultivariate Simulation 40%
Case StudyCategorical Simulation30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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