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References
Foley, J.D. and Van Dam, A. Fundamentals of interactive Computer
Graphics. Reading. Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1982
Groover. M.P and Zirnrners. E.W. CAD/CAM Computer Aided Design
and Manufacruring. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1984
Newman, W.M. and Sproull, R.F. Principles of Interactive Computer
Graphics. 2nd ed., New York: McGraw Hill, 1979
Pao, YV. Elements of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing.
New York: Wiley, 1984
MM689 Minor Thesis
No. of hours per week: sixteen hours
Assessment: continuous assessment of work and
participationlfinal report and presentation.
(Assessment will be in accordance with the
regulations and marking scheme handed out to
students when projects are approved)
A subject in the Master of Technology CIM.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to give the student the opportunity to
apply the subject matter studied in the other course subject
to CIM related problems in hislher specific field of interest.
Where possible the problems should be industry sponsored
and haw direct relevance to the student's area of
employment.
Students will work on approved problems under staff
supervision. External supervisors may also be appointed. Each
project will require a literature survey, and a theoretical
andlor experimental investigation.
Results and conclusions will be presented in a written report
and oral presentations to selected audiences will be required
to accustom the student to giving oral progress reports on a
major project.
MM710 Introduction to Risk
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures and tutorials
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Risk Management.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to introduce the philosophy and the
terminology concerning the idea of risk, understand the
nature of human perception and experience of risk and
introduce techniques in the analysis of risk related incidents.
Risk terminology and system modelling: nature and origin of
uncertainty; phenomenology of risk and the application of
the scientific method; risk measurement; concept of
causation; objectivity and subjectivity related to risk
occurrence; types of risk: voluntary and involuntary.
lntroduction to risk modelling: description of models for risk
analysis: the Heinrich model; risk psychological models;
energy damage model and the generalised time sequence
model.
Human perception of risk: human response to uncertainty;
terminology and concepts: social cognition, perception;
personal and social attribution with regard to risk; attitudes
and attitude change; motivation; theory of cognitive
dissonance.
Group dynamics in relation to personal risk situations.
References
Selected papers and course notes
Eunson, B. Behaving: Managing Yourself and Others. Sydney:
McGraw-Hill, 1987
Rowe, W.D. An Anatomy of Risk. Repr. Malabar: Krieger, 1988
Sears, 0.0. Social Psychology. 7th ed, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice
Hall, 1991
Viner, D Accident Analysis and Risk Control Melbourne, VJR Delphi,
1991
MM7l f Quantitative Risk
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures, tutorials and workshops
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Risk Management.
Subject aims and description
The course of study introduces students to the nature of
statistical methods and develops skill in application of the
various methods.
Descriptive statistics. Nature of variables, frequency,
distribution, mean, median, mode, normal curve, variance,
standard deviation. Exploratory data analysis, data
distribution and specification, ranges and interpretation.
Distributed data representation, data plots as histograms,
polygons and relative frequency histograms. Applications to
risk management.
Inferential statistics. Significance testing, null hypothesis,
comparison of data sets. lnterpretatiori of disthbuted data,
samples and populations, confidence levels. variance analmis. , .
chi-square testing. Applications to risk management.
Probability. Basic theory; probability of success and failure,
addition and multiplication theorems, permutations and
combinations. Exponential distributions; reliability, reliability
function, MTBF, failure rate, failure analysis, characteristics of
exponential distributions.
Systems reliability; series and parallel reliability, mission
profile, failure patterns, complete system reliability function.
Weibull distribution; analysis of uncensored reliability data,
use of Weibull graph, interpretation of results. Analysis of
censored data. Binomial distribution; characteristics of
binomial random variable, binomial distribution, general case.
Poisson distribution; characteristics of Poisson random
variable, Foisson distribution, general case, relationships to
the binomial distribution. Applications to risk management.
References
Levin, R.I. and Rubin, D.5. Statistics for Management. 5th ed, Prentice
Hall International Editions, 1991
MM621 Risk Engineering Statistics Class Notes. Melbourne:
Swinburne Press. current year edition
Watson, C.J., Billingsley, E Croft. D.J. and Huntsberger. D.V. Statistics
for Management and Economics. 4th ed, Prentice Hall International,
1990
MM712 RiskLaw
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures and tutorials
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Risk Management.
subject aims and description
This subject aims to provide an introduction to principles of
health and safety law and the related legal obligations of
people.
Historical outline of the development of health and safety
law and doctrines: common employment, contributory
negligence and voluntary assumption of risk,
Common law principles in the areas of occupation, public
and product health and safety; duty and standard of care;
tests of negligence.
Legal relationships involving employers, employees,
manufacturerj and suppliers, service providers, consumers
and occupiers.
The role of the Australian Federal Government in health and
safety legislation.
The role of law in the control of health and safety, critical
evaluation of relevant statutes in Victoria. Includes the OH&S
Act, Dangerous Goods Act and Accident Compensation Act,
Occupier's Liability Act, and Trade Practices Act.