Department of Computational Mechanics and Engineering
General Systems Theory
Field of study: Mechatronics
Programme: Mechatronic systems engineering (ME8)
Semester: II
ECTS credits: 2
Course instructor: dr hab. inż. Alicja Piasecka-Belkhayat, prof. Pol. Śl.

Course description

The lecture addresses the following topics
  • Mathematical models and steps of mathematical modeling
  •  Categories of the mathematatical models
  •  Systems and their structures
  • Creating the mathematical models for solving problems
  •  Examples of the basic models occuring in the technical science
  •  Fuzzy models and neural networks
  •  Static optimization
Teaching modes and hours
  • 30 h lectures
Sources
  • Bertalanffy von L., General system theory, George Braziller, New York, 1984
  •  Thomé B., Systems engineering: principles and practice of computer-based systems engineering, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, 1993
  •  Chorofas D.N., Systems and simulation, Academic Press, NY, 1966
  •  Metzger M., Modelling, simulation and control of continuous processes, Jacek Skalmierski Computer Studio, Gliwice, 2000