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BILB3002 | Operational Research | 4+0+0 | ECTS:5 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Türkan ERBAY DALKILIÇ | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Türkan ERBAY DALKILIÇ | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | To ensure that operations research techniques are used in modeling and solving problems related to a system, and to equip students in interpreting the solutions found by applying scientific methods and techniques in terms of controllable components of the system. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | Can determine initial basic solutions for transportation and assignment problems and then obtain optimal solutions of these problems. | 2,9 | 1, | LO - 2 : | Can solve network analysis problems. | 2,9 | 1, | LO - 3 : | Can solve critical path problems and create a schedule table. | 2,9 | 1, | LO - 4 : | Can solve two-person zero-sum game problems using algebraic, graphical, matrix and iterative methods. | 2,9 | 1, | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
Transportation problems, assignment problems, network-network analysis, minimum (maximum) flow algorithm, shortest path algorithm, project management (PERT-CPM), scheduling table, project analysis under uncertainty, games theory. Solution of two-person zero-sum games using algebraic, graphical, matrix and iterative methods. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Basic Definitions and Concepts. | | Week 2 | Description of Transportation Models. | | Week 3 | Analysis of Transportation Models. | | Week 4 | Sensitivity Analysis in Transportation Problems. | | Week 5 | Assignment Model and Solution Techniques. | | Week 6 | Network Analyzes: Shortest Path, Minimum Spanning Tree | | Week 7 | Network Analytics: Maximum flow. | | Week 8 | Project Management: Critical path method (CPM). | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam. | | Week 10 | Creating the project schedule table. | | Week 11 | PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) Analysis. | | Week 12 | Basic Concepts of Decision Theory. | | Week 13 | Game Theory: Two-person zero-sum games. | | Week 14 | Goal Programming: Single goal programming, equally weighted multi-goal programming. | | Week 15 | Goal Programming: Priority multi-goal programming, weighted priority multi-goal programming. | | Week 16 | End of term exam | | |
1 | Hamdy A. TAHA, 2000; Yöneylem Araştırması, Literatür Yayınları, İstanbul. | | |
1 | Prof. Dr. Ahmet ÖZTÜRK, 2004; Yöneylem Araştırması, Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa. | | 2 | Prof. Dr. Emin Zeki BAŞKENT, 2004; Yöneylem Araştırması, KTÜ Yayınları, Trabzon. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1,5 | 50 | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1,5 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 17 | 1 | 17 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | Total work load | | | 100 |
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