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Autumn courses
Multi Criteria Decision Making Tools: Hierarchical Decision-Making,20-22 September
Prof. B.Srdjevic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
The aim of this course is to overview the main concepts of decision making and related tools and instruments for multi-criteria analysis and optimization. Focus will be on mathematical methods, methodologies and applications in various fields of engineering, social sciences and in other areas. The course will have a theoretical and a practical component which will be loosely interconnected. The theoretical component, the basic concepts, importance, difficulties and necessities embedded in hierarchical decision making will be presented. Moreover, advanced methods and tolls will be presented in detail. On the practical component, the objective it to develop the skills of trainees to use specific multi-criteria decision making methods and enhance their ability to implement profound systems approach when solving real-life decision making problems.
GIS for Environmental Projects, 11-15 October
Prof. Dr. Dursun Şeker, İTÜ Turkey
The aim of this course is to overview the main concepts of Geographical Information Systems and its related tools for the use of environmental issues. Focus will be on GIS in theory and its environmental applications. The course will have a theoretical and a practical component which will be closely interconnected. On the theoretical component, general GIS concepts will be reviewed and the role of GIS as a planning and management tool on environmental issues will be demystified by presenting the previous experiences on specific cases. Moreover, the relation between GIS and specific environmental phenomenon will be introduced by focusing on each phenomenon in detail by considering its GIS aspect. On the practical component, the objective is to develop the skills of trainees on understanding the GIS facilities. In this context, commercial GIS software will firstly demonstrated to understand its capabilities then secondly basic applications will be executed interactively. In the last part of practical component, a specific environmental phenomena will be evaluated in terms of GIS by using basic GIS components already applied in the first practice.
Modeling with MOHID (basic),18-22 October
Prof.R. Neves & Dr. Luis Fernandes,MARETEC
The aim of this course is to overview the main concepts related with the numerical modeling of coastal systems, by means of using MOHID Water Modeling System (http://www.mohid.com) as a numerical platform. The course will have a theoretical and a practical component which will be closely interconnected. On the theoretical component, the basic modeling concepts will be presented as well as the implications related to the implementation and application of numerical models. In terms of the practical component, the objective is to develop the skills on using numerical models to study physical and biochemical processes in coastal systems.
Modeling with MOHID Land, 25-28 October,
Prof. R. Neves, F. Braunschweig D. Brito, MARETEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
The aim of the course is to provide theoretical aspects of MOHID Land and to get hands on job on application. MOHID Land is a watershed numerical model based on finite differences and with dynamical timestep. The processes which are simulated include two-dimensional overland runoff, infiltration into the ground and saturated and unsaturated porous medium transport and one-dimensional drainage network flow through rivers and channels ( www.mohid.com). The theoretical part of the course will focus on model structure and processes description and the practical will try to develop the skills on applying MOHID Land to simple tests and to watershed scale.
Multi Criteria Decision Making Tools: Group Decision-Making, 25-27 Oct
Prof. B. Srdjevic and Prof. Z. Srdjevic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
The aim of this course is to overview the main concepts of decision making in groups and identify related tools for supporting a) multi criteria analysis and optimization and b) social theory based selection of best outcomes in complex decision-making contexts. Focus will be on methods, methodologies and applications in various fields of engineering, economics, environmental management and social sciences.
The course will have a theoretical and a practical component which will be closely interconnected. On the theoretical side, the basic concepts will be presented related to grouping and sub-grouping, multi criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods, social choice theory (SCT) and its electing mechanisms, issues of fairness and manipulation, aggregation mechanisms, handling insufficient and/or unconfident information, combining MCDM and SCT methods and else.
On the practical component, the objective is to develop the skills of trainees to use specific multi criteria decision making methods and social choice methods and enhance their ability to implement profound systems approach when solving real-life decision making problems.
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