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UNIWERSITY OF WARSAW

1 Pasteura Str., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland, phone: +48 (0)22 822 02 11

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Subject

Optimization Methods in Chemistry


No / course unit code


Semester

2M

Type of course

Specialization lecture


Teaching hours
 per semester    per week

30      2

ECTS credits

3


Lecturer:

Dr. hab. Paweł Oracz
Room: 229     Phone extn.:285     email: poracz@chem.uw.edu.pl

Teaching Division:

Physical Chemistry

Educational and
professional goals:


Introduction to optimization methods.

Course description:

The course consists of lecture and practice (computer application using the MS Office VBA). Scope: experiment, errors of measurement and observation, error analysis in experiment from statistical point of view, statistical estimation, and maximum likelihood function. Methods derived from maximum likelihood function - the Multiresponse Maximum Likelihood, MML, method, the weighted (error propagation) least squares method, and the simplified least squares, LSQ, method. Regression and correlation. Parameters fitting in (physicochemical and/or mathematical) models. Variance-Covariance analysis. Statistical significance tests.

Required background:

Required an elementary knowledge of the probability theory and statistics (e.g. probability, statistical distribution).

Form of assessment:


Tests

Remarks:

Practical part and scope can be adapted to current needs of students.




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