COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OPERATIONS RESEARCH I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
END 3519 OPERATIONS RESEARCH I COMPULSORY 4 0 0 6

Offered By

Industrial Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ŞEYDA AYŞE YILDIZ

Offered to

Industrial Engineering

Course Objective

This course is for students who are new to the topics of Operations Research. The course emphasizes the application of Operations Research for solving business problems. The students are expected to develop problem modeling and solving skills and to learn how to make intelligent business decisions from the optimization point of view.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to know the application areas of Operations Research and to identify the problems from real life
2   To be able to develop linear and integer programming models for the solution of engineering problems
3   To be able to solve linear programming models using the simplex algorithm
4   To be able to solve integer programming models using the branch-and-bound method
5   To be able to perform sensitivity analysis
6   To be able use optimization packages LINDO, LINGO and Excel Solver

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Operations Research and Linear Programming
2 Linear Programming, Model Development
3 Model Development, Graphical Solution
4 Graphical Solution
5 Simplex Algorithm
6 Simplex Algorithm
7 Simplex Algorithm
8 Sensitivity Analysis and Duality
9 Sensitivity Analysis and Duality
10 Midterm Exam
11 Transportation, Transshipment and Assignment Problems
12 Transportation, Transshipment and Assignment Problems
13 Integer Programming
14 Integer Programming

Recomended or Required Reading

Winston W.L. (2004). Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms, 4th edition, Brooks/Cole, CENGAGE Learning
Hillier F.S., Lieberman G.J. (2005). Introduction to Operations Research, McGraw-Hill Inc.
Taha H.A. (2003). Operations Research: An Introduction, Pearson Education Inc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture / Question-Answer / Discussion / Problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Adil Baykasoğlu, adil.baykasoglu@deu.edu.tr
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Şeyda Topaloğlu, seyda.topaloglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Prof.Dr. Adil Baykasoğlu, Afternoons on Wednesday and Thursday
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Şeyda Topaloğlu, Afternoons on Monday and Tuesday

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Design Project 1 25 25
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.143553
LO.25444
LO.355
LO.455
LO.54
LO.65

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