King Saud University
College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
SE 331 Adjustment Computations
1428/1429 H, 2nd Semester
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. Fahd A. Abanmy Phone: 467-7009
Office: 2A25 College of Engineering
Classroom: 1A38 College of Engineering
Time: Lecture 11:00-11:50 (Sat. and Mon.) Lab 3:00-4:50 (Mon)
Credits: 3
Text Books:
Adjustment Computations: Statistics and Least squares in Surveying and GIS, Wolf, P and C. Ghilani, Wiley-interscience publication, 1997.
References:
Observation and Leasr Squares, Mikhail, E., University press of America. Washington D.C. 1976.
Analysis and Adjustment of Survey Measurements, Mikhail, E. and Gracie, G. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1981.
Contents:
Students taking this course are expected to have a through understanding of the following items by the end of the semester:
1. Basic definitions
2. introduction to Matrices
3. Measurements and their analysis
4. Random error theory
5. Error propagation.
6. Principles of correlation
7. Weights of observations
8. Principles of least squares
9. Adjustment by conditions
10. Survey network adjustments.
11. Applications
Grading:
Midterm Exams =40%
Homework and quizzes =20%
Final Exam =40%