Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT COURSE-MATHEMATICAL MODELLINGFMSN05
Credits: 3. Grading scale: UG. Cycle: A (Second Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in English. Alternative for: Pi2. Course coordinator: Maria Sandsten, sandsten@maths.lth.se, Mathematical Statistics. Recommended prerequisits: Equivalent to the 3 first terms of the Engineering Mathematics program and one or some of the courses FMA021, FMS045, FMN045,FMN130, FMN050. The number of participants is limited to 10 Selection criteria: Individual judgement of qualification. Assessment: Written and oral presentation of a project. Further information: Project in cooperation with students from different universities in Europe at ECMI-modelling week. ECMI-European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, see http://www.ecmi-indmath.org/. ECMI modelling week is given in August at one of the ECMI universities. Home page: http://www.maths.lth.se/matstat/kurser/.

Aim
Be able to understand the modeling process of a given mathematical modelling project in cooperation with other students and to gain necessary knowledge to finish a project.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Contents
Some problem in mathematical modelling

Literature
For each project the necessary literature is given.