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Syllabus ( GEO 303 )


   Basic information
Course title: Theory of Errors and Adjustment Computations
Course code: GEO 303
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. M. Halis SAKA
ECTS credits: 4
GTU credits: 3,5 ()
Year, Semester: 3, Fall
Level of course: First Cycle (Undergraduate)
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: Turkish
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: None
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: This course explains that observations are random quantities and that they are elements of a statistical distribution. Provide general information about error theory. It provides the application of the adjustment calculations related to the measurements.
   Learning outcomes Up

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. solve adjustment problems releted to surveying project

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Geomatics Engineering
    2. Design and develop hardware and/or software-based systems, components or processes in order to solve the defined problems,
    3. Use modern equipment and software packages related to Geomatics Engineering
    4. Learning Competence
    5. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  2. Explain and apply statistical distrubition releted to observations and their functions.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Geomatics Engineering
    2. Design and develop hardware and/or software-based systems, components or processes in order to solve the defined problems,
    3. Ability to work independently and take responsibility
    4. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  3. use and devolop available softwares for adjustment proceses of observations

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Obtain basic knowledge of Geomatics Engineering
    2. Design and develop hardware and/or software-based systems, components or processes in order to solve the defined problems,
    3. Recognize, analyze and solve engineering problems in surveying, planning, GIS and remote sensing fields
    4. Ability to work independently and take responsibility
    5. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
   Contents Up
Week 1: Probability concepts, distributions, density function, distribution function, measurements as random variables, moments, ecpexted value, variance, variance-covariance matrix
Week 2: Distribution of observations and functions of observations , accuracy criteria, weight concept, variance-covariance propagation, root mean square error, numerical applications
Week 3: Parameter estimation, Gauss-Markof model, adajustment computation, least squares method,
Week 4: Functional model; observation equations, linearization, numerical applications, homework
Week 5: Stochastic model; Normal equations and their solutions, calculation of unknowns, calculation of square mean error of parameters, numerical applications
Week 6: Writing observation equations of length and, direction measurements in horizontal control networks, homework
Week 7: midterm
Week 8: unconstrained networks, datum of a geodesic network, adjustment
Week 9: minimaly constrained adjustment, numerical applications
Week 10: outlier detections
Week 11: reports on adjustment results and error ellipses
Week 12: 2D-3D Coordinate Transformation, numerical applications
Week 13: GNSS Network Adjustment
Week 14: GNSS Network Adjustment, numerical applications
Week 15*: -
Week 16*: Final Exam
Textbooks and materials: -
Recommended readings: Adjustment computations: spatial data analysis: by Charles D. Ghilani fifth edition, Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010, 647pp

Koch KR (1998) Parameter estimation and hypothesis testing in linear models. Springer, Berlin


  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 7 40
Other in-term studies: 0
Project: 0
Homework: 4,6 10
Quiz: 0
Final exam: 16 50
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 4 14
Own studies outside class: 2 12
Practice, Recitation: 1 6
Homework: 3 2
Term project: 0 0
Term project presentation: 0 0
Quiz: 0 0
Own study for mid-term exam: 2 1
Mid-term: 2 1
Personal studies for final exam: 2 1
Final exam: 2 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
*
  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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