GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NUMERICAL METHODS IN ACCIDENT ANALYSIS/5441322
Course Title: NUMERICAL METHODS IN ACCIDENT ANALYSIS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
-Gaining ability to use numerical methods for the solution of different kinds investigation problem.
-Mathematical Modelling of accident investigation problems and development of solution strategies using numerical methods.
-Computer programming applications using numerical methods in accident investigation problems

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
   The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  1.Introduction Mathematical Modelling, Error Analysis, Programming
2. Week  2. Roots of Non-Linear Equations,
3. Week  3. Solutions of Non-linear Eqs. Systems
4. Week  4. Linear Algebraic Equations: Gauss Elimination, Gauss-Seidel, Gauss-Jordan, Thomas Algorithm,L-U Decomposition
5. Week  5. Least-Squares Regression; Linear Regression, Multiple Linear Regression, Nonlinear Regression.
6. Week  6.Interpolation; Newton's Divided-Difference Interpolating, Polynomials, Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials.:
7. Week  7.Numerical Differentiation and Integration
8. Week  8. Midterm Examination 1
9. Week  9. Improper Integrals, Numerical Differentiation, High-Accuracy Differentiation Formulas, Partial Differentiation.
10. Week  10. Ordinary Differential Equations: Euler's Method, Improved Euler (Heun) Method,
11. Week  11. Ordinary Differential Equations: Runge-Kutta Methods.
12. Week  12. Solution of Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations.
13. Week  13. Solution Methods for Partial Differential Equations.
14. Week  14. Case Studies for Partial Differential Equations.
15. Week  Midterm Examination 2
16. Week  Final Examination
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
2
40
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
13
3
39
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
13
3
39
 Searching in Internet and Library
13
3
39
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
13
2
26
 Preparing a Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
15
30
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
20
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
193
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.72
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
16X
17X
18X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Head of Department)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (Ana Bilim Dalı Başkanlığı)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (kazalar@gazi.edu.tr)