Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Numerical Decision Making Methods in Healthcare Organizations SKY621 3 + 0 3.0 10.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Mehmet Nurullah KURUTKAN
Instructor(s)
Assistants
Goals To be able to understand the basic concepts of decision making, to understand the structure of multi-criteria decision-making problems and to learn the solution methods, to develop decision-making mechanisms for the problems to be faced under different conditions in real life
Course Content Basic concepts in decision making, modeling and solution methods of decision making problems with applications, multi-criteria decision making methods and applications
Learning Outcomes - Learning the basic terms and concepts in decision theory
- Model and classify decision-making problems
- Creating decision models with different environments
- To be able to solve multi criteria decision making problems
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Course Introduction, Introduction to Decision Making, Basic Topics in Decision Making, Modeling and Classification of Decision Making Problems
2. Week Decision Making Under Certainty, Decision Making under Uncertainty, Decision Making Under Risk
3. Week Normalization Methods, Simple Additive Weighting, Weighted Product Method
4. Week Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
5. Week Analytical Network Process (ANP)
6. Week TOPSIS Method
7. Week PROMETHEE Method
8. Week PROMETHEE Method, midterm
9. Week ELECTRE Method
10. Week VIKOR Method
11. Week Computer Based Applications of MCDM Methods
12. Week Student Presentations
13. Week Student Presentations
14. Week Student Presentations
Recommended Sources
Aladağ, Z. (2011). Karar teorisi. Umuttepe Kitabevi.
Tzeng, G.H. & Huang J.J., (2011). Multiple Attribute Decision Making Methods and applications, CRC Press.
Greco, S., Ehrgott, M. & Figueira, J.R. (2016). Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis State of the Art Surveys, Springer.
Ishizaka, A., & Nemery, P. (2013). Multi-criteria decision analysis: methods and software. John Wiley & Sons
Yıldırım, B. F. & Önder, E. (2022). Multi Criteria Decision Making Methods of Solving the Operational, Management and Strategic Problems
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 Measurement Method
PY1 4 4 4 4 4 60
PY6 4 4 4 4 4 60
PY7 5 5 5 5 5 60
PY9 4 4 4 4 4 60
PY10 4 4 4 4 4 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
Midterm 1 1 60 60
Homework 1 1 60 60
Quiz 1 1 33 33
Final 1 60 60
Total Workload 255
ECTS Credit of the Course 10.0