Geomathematics

Course: Geoinformation systems and Technologies

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute "Institute of Geology"

Title
Geomathematics
Code
ВK 3.1.3
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
Know the theoretical foundations of geology, geodesy, higher and engineering geodesy, topographic and thematic mapping, drawing up and updating maps, remote sensing of the Earth and photogrammetry, land management, real estate evaluation and land cadastre. Possess modern technologies of data collection, processing, exchange, transformation and integration in various fields of geosciences.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Possession of basic skills in physical and mathematical disciplines.
Course content
In the program of the discipline, the main attention is paid to the history of development and modern methods of applied mathematics, methods of formalization of geological, geodetic and land management information, methodology of posing and solving geological, geodetic and land management problems using methods of applied mathematics.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Progress in Geomathematics, Editors Graeme Bonham-Carter, Qiuming Cheng, Springer, 2008. 2. Tsuneji Rikitake , R. Sato , Y. Hagiwara (1987) Applied Mathematics for Earth Scientists (Mathematical Approaches to Geophysics) 3. Ferguson, John (2013). Mathematics in Geology 4. Zhukov M.N. Statystychnyi analiz heolohichnykh danykh: navch. posib., KNU im. T.Shevchenka, 1995 5. Michael L. Stein. Interpolation of Spatial Data: Some Theory for Kriging. Springer, 1999 6. Heoinformatsiinyi analiz i prykladna heostatystyka. Navchalno-metodychnyi posibnyk / S. Kokhan., V. Havryshenko. 2013 7. An Invitation to Geomathematics: Lecture Notes in Geosystems Mathematics and Computing / Willi Freeden, Clemens Heine, M. Zuhair Nashed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019 8. Christakos G. Modern Spatiotemporal Geostatistics. Oxford Univ. Press, 2000.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lectures and practical classes and independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Control is carried out according to the modular rating system and includes: performance of 5 practical works (where students have to demonstrate the quality of acquired knowledge and to solve the tasks using the methods and tools outlined by the teacher) and conducting two written modular control papers. The final assessment is conducted in in the form of a written assessment.
Language of instruction
ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Dmytro Bezrodniy
Geophysics
Educational and Scientific Institute "Institute of Geology"

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Geophysics
Educational and Scientific Institute "Institute of Geology"