| Responsible Department | Department of Large Animal Sciences | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Dates | Block 1, Week Structure C | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | The objective of the course is to enable the student to participate in the development and/orevaluation of new tools for planning and control in animal production. | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Home Page | http://www.prodstyr.ihh.kvl.dk/vp/ | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Registration | To sign up for the course, please send an e-mail to Anders Ringgaard Kristensen at ark@life.ku.dk. Please also remember to add the course to your PhD plan if relevant. | ||||||||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | 1st of August | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 9 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The course is held at LIFE. Lectures and exercises are integrated with the Master course Advanced Quantitative Methods in Herd Management. However, the literature curriculum of the PhD course is extended and the topics are studied in larger detail. | ||||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||||
| The following topics will be covered: - Identification and representation of utility functions involving multiple objectives - Registration and filtering of data to be used in planning or control. - Definition and evaluation of management strategies (i.e. operational and tactical planning) - Evaluation of the utility value of tools for planning and control. Within each topic, relevant methods are discussed. The following methods are covered by the course: Methods for data filtering and production monitoring and analysis: - Control charts and traditional time series analysis - Dynamic linear models - Bayesian networks Methods for operational and tactical planning - Decision graphs - Dynamic programming - Linear programming - Monte Carlo simulation | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Lectures, theoretical exercises, practical computer exercises and report writing. In connection with lectures, the students are expected to participate actively in mutual discussions. | |||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||||
| After attending the course students should be able to participate in the development and evaluation of new tools for management and control taking biological variation and observation uncertainty into account. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||||||
| Kristensen, A.R., E. Jørgensen and N. Toft. 2010. Herd Management Science I. Basic concepts. 2010 Edition, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences. Kristensen, A.R., E. Jørgensen and N. Toft. 2010. Herd Management Science II. Advanced topics. 2010 Edition, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences Kristensen, A.R. 2010. Herd Management Science. Exercises and supplementary reading. 2010 edition. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Material | |||||||||||||||||
| Original research articles are used intensively in addition to the above mentioned course books. Specialized computer programs are used in the course. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Anders Ringgaard Kristensen, ark@life.ku.dk, Department of Large Animal Sciences/Production and Health, Phone: 353-33091 | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Fee | |||||||||||||||||
| Free of charge for Ph.D. students under the Open Market for Postgraduate Courses inDenmark and from NOVA-partners. | |||||||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||||||
| Oral exam. Prior to the exam a number of mandatory reports must be handed in. | |||||||||||||||||
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