Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Operations Research I ENM214 4. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 6.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet CİHAN
Instructors Ahmet CİHAN
Assistants
Goals Teaching the modeling, decision making, linear programming and solution methods used in Operations Research.
Course Content Graphical method in linear programming, simplex method in linear programming, transportation and assignment problems.
Learning Outcomes - Learns mathematical modelling
- Learns how to solve linear programming problems and how to interpret the solution
- Learns the assignment and transportation problems and their solution algorithms
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction of operations research and decision models
2. Week Types of decision models, mathematical models, basics of linear models
3. Week Graphical method in linear programming
4. Week Sensitivity analysis of graphic method in linear programming
5. Week Simplex method for linear programming
6. Week Sensitivity analysis and solution difficulties in simplex method
7. Week Duality, weak and strong duality, complementary slackness theorems for linear programming
8. Week Duality, weak and strong duality, complementary slackness theorems for linear programming
9. Week Transportation model
10. Week Initial solution methods for the transportation model
11. Week Solution improvement methods for the transportation model
12. Week Assignment problem and its relationship with the transportation model
13. Week Hungarian method for assignment problem
14. Week Markov chains
Recommended Sources
Operations Research, Zerrin ALADAĞ, Umuttepe Yayınevi
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 Measurement Method
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*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 4 56
Midterm 1 1 12 12
Homework 1 7 4 28
Final 1 15 15
Practice 14 2 28
Practice End-Of-Term 1 14 14
Total Workload 153
ECTS Credit of the Course 6.0