GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
OPERATIONS RESEARCH 1/5071322
Course Title: OPERATIONS RESEARCH 1
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Gaining ability to model manegement problems and decision making problems
Learning basic definitions such a constrains, resource values, the objective function, feasible solution and optimum solution.
Obtaining solution of a two-variable linear programming problems with the graphics method
Learning the basic theorems of linear programming.
Ability of solving a multivariate linear programming problem with the simplex method
Obtaining ability to write dual model of a linear programming model and enough knowledge to understand the relationships between primal model and dual
Learning sensitivity analysis
Gaining knowledge to understand transportation models and theirs solution methods
Gaining ability to understand assignment models and theirs solution method

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  History of Operations Research and its basic definitions
2. Week  Modeling of decision problems
3. Week  Linear programming models
4. Week  Graphical method
5. Week  Simplex method
6. Week  M method
7. Week  Two-stage simplex method
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Duality
10. Week  Sensitivity analysis
11. Week  Transportation problems and solution methods
12. Week  Transportation problems and solution methods
13. Week  Assigment problem solution
14. Week  Current Software Support Related to course content
15. Week  Current Software Support Related to course content (WinQSB, Matlab, ...).
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
3
30
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
3
15
45
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
20
20
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
20
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
197
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.88
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Course develops and deepens student’s knowledge in the field of expertise based on his / her undergraduate qualifications.X
2Grasping the interaction between disciplines related to the field.X
3The ability to use the expert-level theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in his field.X
4Interpreting and forming new types of knowledge by combining the knowledge from the area and the knowledge from various other disciplines.X
5Solves the issues of his field by using scientific methods.X
6The ability to carry out a study that requires expertise in the field independently.X
7Developing new strategic approaches to solve the unforeseen and complex problems arising in the practical processes.X
8Producing solutions by considering social and environmental dimensions in the applications in the field.X
9Taking the initiative in environments that require solving problems related to the field.X
10Evaluates the information in a critical way and encourages learning.X
11Transferring the current developments in the field and his/her own studies in written, oral, and visual forms.X
12Ability to develop social relations and the norms directing these relations critically and the ability to transform them when necessary.X
13Having proficiency in a foreign language and establishing written and oral communication with that language.X
14Uses computer software required by the field.X
15Uses information and communication technologies at an advanced level required by the field.X
16Collects data related to the field, reviews and makes conclusions; implements and shares them by considering ethical values.X
17Develops different perspectives related to the field, plans them and assesses them within the quality framework.X
18Internalizes the knowledge gained in the field, transforms it into a skill and uses it with interdisciplinary studies.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. H. Hasan ÖRKCÜ )
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://abs.gazi.edu.tr/hhorkcu)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (hhorkcu@gazi.edu.tr)