066116 Advanced Herd Management

Detaljer
Inst. for Husdyrbr. og Husdyrsundhed (2003/2004)
Tidligst mulig placering
Varighed1 semester
 
Pointværdi9 (ECTS)
KursustypeKandidatkursus
The course is only offered in odd-numbered years (2003, 2005 etc.).
 
Eksamenmundtlig eksamen




Beskrivelse af eksamen: 13-skala, ekstern censur



Beskrivelse af eksamen:
 
Rammer for undervisningLectures: 1 course module per week Practicals: 4 hours weekly Only offered in odd years
 
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
 
Anbefalede forudsætninger019711 Regressionsanalyse
095311 Produktionsøkonomi
Either course 095421 Introduction to Microeconomics and Accountancy (Abolished)or course 095311 Production Economics. A course in Animal Science in addition to those mentioned.
 
Kursets målsætning
After attending the course students should be able to participate in the development of new tools for management and control. During the course methods for solving the following tasks are studied:
- registration and filtering of data to be used in planning and control
- definition and evaluation of management decisions and strategies
- quantifying the effects of unsatisfactory results
- visualisation and presentation of plans and results
 
Kursusindhold
Students are expected already to have basic knowledge of animal production in at least one animal species. This knowledge may either originate from the course Practical Farm Management or from a specific course in animal science.

Initially, the lectures focus on the tasks mentioned under "objectives". The tasks will be identified and central elements are discussed and illustrated by examples. Relevant methods are introduced and compared.

Later on, the methods (data filtering and production monitoring, dynamic programming and Markov decision processes, simulation, Bayesian networks and influence diagrams, linear programming) will be in focus. Each method is described and discussed in relation to the tasks.
 
Undervisningsform
In connection with lectures, the students are expected to participate actively in mutual discussions. The lectures will be concentrated on the first half part of the course during where there will be rather few practicals. During the second half, the main activity will be practicals. In the beginning, practicals will directly support the lectures. Later, the practicals are used for development of a simple implementation of one of the methods presented during the course in order to solve a management problem chosen by the student. Based on that implementation a report is written as a basis for the project evaluation. The report may be written in minor groups of 2 or three students. The maximum size of the report is 15 pages per student.
 
Litteraturhenvisninger
Kristensen, A.R. & E. Jørgensen. 1996. Textbook Notes of Herd Management: Basic Concepts. Dina Notat No. 48.
Jørgensen, E. (2001). Textbook notes of herd management: From registration to information.3rd. ed. Dina Notat No. 51.
Montgomery, D.C.1996. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons.
West, M. & J. Harrison. 1997. Bayesian Forecasting and Dynamic Models, 2nd Ed, Springer.
Jensen, F.V. 2001. Bayesian Networks and Decision Graphs, Springer.
Jørgensen, E. 1999. Monte Carlo simulation techniques. Dina Notat No. 53, 2nd Ed.
Kristensen, A. R. 1996. Textbook Notes of Herd Management: Dynamic programming and Markov decision processes. Dina Notat No. 49.
Verstegen, J. A. A. M., Huirne, R. B. M. Dijkhuizen, A. A., & Kleijnen, J. P. C. 1995. Economic value of management information systems in agriculture: a review of evaluation approaches. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture13, 273-288.
Toft, N. 1997. A note on Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis in Linear Programming.
 
Kursusansvarlig
Anders Ringgaard Kristensen, ark@dina.kvl.dk, Institut for Produktionsdyr og Heste/Faggruppe: Produktion og sundhed, Tlf: 35333091
 
Studienævn
Studienævn AHJ
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forelæsninger56
teoretiske øvelser56
projektarbejde130
vejledning10
forberedelse12
eksamen6

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