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IE302102 Cybernetics

Course Code
IE302102

Course Name
Cybernetics

Credits
15.00

Target Audience
3. year students in Cybernetics, Telematics and Computer Engineering

Prerequisites

2 years of study

Objectives

Cybernetics is control of complex organisations. The student will be able to modulate, analyze and simulate complex feedback organisations

Topics

Topic modules
1. General systems theory: Modeling system architecture, dynamics, ethics and learning
2. Simulation: Numerical diff.equations, 2D and 3D simulation
3. Learning systems: PID-control. Adaptive control. System Identification. Kalmanfilter.
4. Time series analysis: Statistic analysis, Fourier analysis, Wavelet analysis
5. Industrial cybernetics: Dynamics in stocks, production and integrated production systems.
6. Ecology cybernetics: Dynamics of stocks, production lines, recruitment, maturity, mrtality and control.
7. Finance cybernetics: Interest models. Dynamics of investment. Income cost and control.

Instruction

Lectures, 7 exercices and 1 individual project
All information is on-line on Internet
Programming on spreadsheet, Matlab, Java, VRML

Mandatory Assignments

4 exercises evaluated to C or better before examination

Evaluation

3-hour written examination counts 50% of the final grade
Evaluation of project counts 50% of the final grade

Grades
ABCDEF

Revised date
2006.06.16