Applied Statistics to Engineering

Pierluigi FURCOLO Applied Statistics to Engineering

0612100040
DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA CIVILE
EQF6
BSC DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
2018/2019

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LESSONS
Objectives
THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TWOFOLD: INTRODUCING THE BASIC NOTIONS OF THE PROBABILITY THEORY, IN ORDER TO MODEL AND ANALYSE RANDOM PHENOMENA TYPICALLY OBSERVED IN THE REAL WORLD AND, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND INDUSTRY, AND PROVIDING THE MAIN TECHNIQUES FOR STATISTICAL INFERENCE AND DECISION MAKING.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: BASIC NOTIONS OF PROBABILITY AND COMBINATORIAL CALCULUS. RANDOM VARIABLES. DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS. LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS. RELIABILITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT.

APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ABILITY TO MODEL AND ANALYSE RANDOM EVENTS. ABILITY TO ESTIMATE UNKNOWN QUANTITIES ON STATISTICAL BASIS AND TO MAKE STATISTICAL DECISION. ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT SIMPLE PROBLEMS OF PROBABILISTIC DESIGN. ABILITY TO ASSESS RELIABILITY AND RISK ANALYSES ON TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS.

PERSONAL JUDGMENTS: ABILITY TO SELECT THE MOST APPROPRIATE METHOD TO ANALYSE A RANDOM PHENOMENON AND THE MOST SUITABLE STATISTICAL METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MODEL PARAMETERS AND MAKING STATISTICAL DECISIONS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: BEING ABLE TO VERBALLY EXPLAIN OR WRITE A TOPIC OF THE COURSE, BY USING SUITABLE MATHEMATICAL STATEMENTS.

LEARNING SKILLS: BEING ABLE TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO DIFFERENT CONTEXTS FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE, AND TO DEEPEN THE TOPICS USING MATERIALS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED FOR THE COURSE.
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