COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPLICATION OF NONLINEAR REGRESSION TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GPE 5131 APPLICATION OF NONLINEAR REGRESSION TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKHAN GÖKTÜRKLER

Offered to

GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

Being able to apply inverse modeling to the engineering problems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the purpose and scope of inverse modeling in geophysics.
2   To be able distinguish the nonlinear problems.
3   To be able to determine the parameters by using different inverse modeling methods.
4   To be able to determine the parameter resolution.
5   To be able to do singular value decomposition.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions of forward and inverse problems
2 Linear problem and its classification
3 Least-squares solution of linear problems
4 Weighted least squares
5 Generalized inverses
6 LU Decomposition
7 Cholesky Decomposition
8 Singular Value Decomposition
9 QR Decomposition
10 Nonlinear problems and linearization
11 Iterative solution of nonlinear problems
12 Steepest Descent Algorithm
13 Gauss-Newton Algorithm
14 Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm

Recomended or Required Reading

Menke, William. Geophysical data analysis: discrete inverse theory. Rev. ed. International Geophysics Series, v. 45. San Diego: Academic Press, 1989.

Menke, William. Geophysical data analysis: discrete inverse theory. Matlab ed., 3rd ed. Waltham, MA: Academic Press, 2012.

Meju, Max A. Geophysical Data Analysis: Understanding Inverse Problem Theory and Practice. Course Notes Series, v. 6. Tulsa, OK: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1994.

Başokur, Ahmet T. Doğrusal ve Doğrusal Olmayan Problemlerin Ters-Çözümü. Eğitim Yayınları 4. Ankara: TMMOB Jeofizik Mühendisleri Odası, 2003.

Başokur, Ahmet T. Türev Tabanlı Parametre Kestirim Yöntemleri. Eğitim Yayınları 22. Ankara: TMMOB Jeofizik Mühendisleri Odası, 2015.

Başokur, Ahmet T. Türev Tabanlı Parametre Kestirim Yöntemleri. Eğitim Yayınları 22. Ankara: TMMOB Jeofizik Mühendisleri Odası, 2021. (Ikinci Basım)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, homework, Exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm: %30 LO1, LO2, LO5
Homework: %20 LO3, LO4
Final Exam: %50 LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Jeofizik Mühendisliği Bölümü Tınaztepe Kampüsü 35390 Buca-IZMIR
gokhan.gokturkler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1445
LO.2455
LO.3555
LO.4443
LO.5544

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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