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END2024Operations Research - I3+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesDC must have been achieved from END2021-Linear Algebra
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Gökhan ÖZÇELİK
Co-LecturerNON
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
Guide the students in using different mathematical modeling techniques with OR, Teach students different methods that are used for numerical decision making, Make students gain skills in finding optimal solutions to problems.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : Gains the ability of modeling linear programming problems 1
LO - 2 : Gains the ability to solve linear programming models, the ability to interpret the solution results5
LO - 3 : Gains the ability to analyze impact on the optimal solution according to changes occur in the model parameters 2
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

 
Contents of the Course
This course aims to teach the production and management concepts, quantitative decision making, modeling philosophy and model building, linear programming and Simplex algorithm, Big M and Two Phase Simplex Methods, Duality and economic analysis, Dual- Simplex method.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1INTRODUCTION, DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS RESERACH: The history of operations research, basic concepts of operations research
 Week 2MODELING: Verbal descriptions of linear decision problems, the establishment of mathematical models for various decision problems.
 Week 3MODELING: Verbal descriptions of linear decision problems, the establishment of mathematical models for various decision problems.
 Week 4GRAPHIC SOLUTION METHODS: drawing two unknowns linear programming problems in two-dimensional space, displaying the possible solution space and determining the optimum solution
 Week 5GRAPHIC SOLUTION METHODS: sensitivity analysis for the right side constraint coefficients, special problem situations that may be encountered in the graphic solution
 Week 6Algebraic Methods-SİMPLEX METHOD: Creating constraints of simultaneous equations in the standard form and according to this, algebraic methods to solve the simplex method
 Week 7ARTIFICIAL INITIAL SOLUTION: Big M Method and Two Phase Method
 Week 8ARTIFICIAL INITIAL SOLUTION: Big M Method and Two Phase Method
 Week 9Midterm
 Week 10DUALITY: Primal-dual relationship, finding the dual form presence of the primal, Dual form finding techniques.
 Week 11DUAL SIMPLEX METHOD: solution of the problem optimum but impossible.
 Week 12SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS: Post-optimality analysis on graphic and simplex methods
 Week 13TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM: Mathematical Model of the Problem, Initial Solution Methods (Minimum Cost Method, Northwest Corner Method and The Vogel's Approximation Method (VAM)), Unbalanced Assignment Problems, Sensitivity Analysis
 Week 14ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM: Mathematical Model of the Problem, Hungarian Method, Unbalanced Assignment Problems
 Week 15GAMS Applications
 Week 16Final Exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Taha, H.,(2003), An Introduction to Operations Research, 7th Ed., Prentice Hall.
 
Recommended Reading
1Winston, W.L., (1993), An Introduction to Operational Research
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 8/12/2020 2 50
End-of-term exam 16 02/02/2021 2 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 2 14 28
Arasınav için hazırlık 5 1 5
Arasınav 2 1 2
Kısa sınav 3 2 6
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 5 1 5
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Total work load90