COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OPERATIONS RESEARCH II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
END 3620 OPERATIONS RESEARCH II 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

In this course, game theory, decision analysis, network models, queueing systems, markov chains, non-linear programming, multi-criteria decision making and goal programming topics will be discussed to make the students capable of developing mathematical models concerning these topics and using special solution methods to find the best solutions to these models.

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 network models and non-linear programming models for the solution of engineering problems and solve them
3   To be able to use game theory and decision making techniques
4   To be able to identify queueing models and apply them for the solution of a variety of sample problems
5   To be able to identify stochastic processes and Markov chains and apply them for the solution of a variety of sample problems
6   To be able to use multi-criteria decision techniques and goal programming methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

END 3519 - OPERATIONS RESEARCH I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Game Theory
2 Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Risk - Utility Theory
3 Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Risk - Utility Theory
4 Network Models
5 Network Models
6 Queueing Systems
7 Queueing Systems
8 Markov Chains
9 Markov Chains
10 Midterm Exam
11 Non-Linear Programming
12 Non-Linear Programming
13 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Techniques
14 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Techniques - Goal 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

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
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for 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.255443
LO.3553
LO.45443
LO.55443
LO.65544

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