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KME / MPS
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KME
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MPS
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Models of Natural Systems
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Form of course completion
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Pre-Exam Credit
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Form of course completion
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Pre-Exam Credit
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
2
Cred.
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Type of completion
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-
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Type of completion
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-
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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NO
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Language of instruction
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-
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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NO
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / 3
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Minimum (B + C) students
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10
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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-
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Substituted course
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UMS/MPS
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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Aim of this course is to get students familiar with ways of modelling various systems of both living and non-living nature. Interesting and important cases of such models will be presented to students in an attractive and motivating way concerning also accompanying problems and open questions.
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Requirements on student
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Credit requirements:
Elaboration of a report on a given subject.
Examination requirements:
Students must present knowledge of the subject matter in a verifiable way.
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Content
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The view of a physicist, technician and mathematician on a natural system. Physical, biological, ecological and sociological systems. Principle of modelling natural systems, simple motivating models. Computer models. Stability. Deterministic chaos, attractors, bifurcations, dissipative structures, synergetic systems, etc. Problems of modelling living systems, biological structures. Life from the physical models viewpoint.
The aim of this course is to present ways of modelling various systems to students concerning both living and non-living nature. Interesting and important cases of such models will be presented to students in an attractive and motivating way concerning also accompanying problems and open questions.
Examples:
- formation of structures at the skin of animals
- fractal structures in plants
- alometric scaling in living nature
- interesting phase transitions in everyday life
- stability and social behaviour
The course will supplement standard mathematical and physical lessons to explain to students why do they learn mathematics and physics. In the framework of this course, a popular lecture of some of important specialists will be held.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Recommended:
Gleick, James. Chaos : vznik nové vědy. cop. 1996. Brno : Ando, 1996. ISBN 80-86047-04-0.
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Recommended:
Prigogine, Ilya; Stengersová, Isabelle. Řád z chaosu : nový dialog člověka s přírodou. Vyd. 1. Praha : Mladá fronta, 2001. ISBN 80-204-0910-6.
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Recommended:
Krempaský, Július. Synergetika : v astrofyzike, chémii, biológii, ekológii, medicíne, ekonómii a v sociológii. Vyd. 1. Bratislava : Veda, 1988.
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Recommended:
Slavík, Jan. Teoretická mechanika : moderní přehled. I. díl. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Pedagogická fakulta Západočeské univerzity, 1994. ISBN 80-7043-105-9.
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Recommended:
Slavík, Jan. Teoretická mechanika : moderní přehled. II.. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Pedagogická fakulta Západočeské univerzity, 1995. ISBN 80-7043-158-X.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
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5
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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40
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Contact hours
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26
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Total
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71
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
Student knows fundamentals of mathematical analysis and linear algebra. |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
Student is familiar with reversible thermodynamics and ways by which the thermodynamics is generalized for the description of non-equilibrium systems. Student is acquainted with basic trends of irreversible thermodynamics and is able to solve simple problems from both reversible and irreversible thermodynamics. |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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