Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Operations Research ISL450 8. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 6.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Lecture
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail DURAK
Instructor(s) İsmail DURAK
Assistants
Goals Applying these models to basic business fields such as production, marketing, finance by providing theoretical and practical knowledge to develop models of complex decision problems.
Course Content The Operations Research course is a process in which theoretical and practical information is given to help students to make optimum decisions in the business world by using mathematical models in decision making problems that provide optimum benefits and based on numerical methods.
Learning Outcomes - Develops the idea of decision making for a better position.
- Will be able to establish a model that can present the decision problem
- Can test the model he has established.
- Find solutions to the mathematical problem
- Learn to make the optimum decision in the decisions that can be faced in daily life.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction to Modeling / Linear Programming Model
2. Week Introduction to Modeling / Linear Programming Model
3. Week Linear Programming Model Solution Methods (Graph, Algebraic, Simplex etc.)
4. Week Linear Programming Model Solution Methods (Graph, Algebraic, Simplex etc.)
5. Week Linear Programming Model Solution Methods (Graph, Algebraic, Simplex etc.)
6. Week Duality and Sensitivity Analysis in Linear Programming Model /
7. Week Duality and Sensitivity Analysis in Linear Programming Model /
8. Week Midterm Exam
9. Week Transportation Models and Solution Methods
10. Week Transportation Models and Solution Methods
11. Week Assignment Models and Solution Methods
12. Week Tail problems and solution methods
13. Week Tail problems and solution methods
14. Week Network Problems and Solution Methods
Recommended Sources
1-) Operations Research, Hamdy A. Taha, Translators; S. Alp Baray, Şakir Esnaf, 6th edition translation, Istanbul, Literature Publishing, 2000 2-) Quantitative Decision Techniques, Dr. Mehmet Ahlatçıoğlu, Assoc. Fatma Tiryaki. Yıldız Technical University Publications, Istanbul 3-) Operations Research, Ahmet ÖZTÜRK, Ekin Kitapevi Publications, Bursa: 2002.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 Measurement Method
PY1 4 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY2 4 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY3 5 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY4 4 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY5 4 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY6 3 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY7 4 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY8 4 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY9 5 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY10 3 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY11 3 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY12 3 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
PY13 3 0 0 0 0 0 40,60
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 3 42
Preparation, After Class Study 7 3 21
Midterm 1 1 30 30
Final 1 30 30
Classroom Activities 1 30 30
Total Workload 153
ECTS Credit of the Course 6.0