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END 204 - Operations Research I

Faculty of Business and Management Sciences · Islamic Economics and Finance (English) · Undergraduate

ECTS: 6 T+P+L: 3+0+0 University Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Özgür KÖKALAN

Course Objective

To teach the concept of modeling and decision making, general methodologies and solution procedures in Operations Research and to provide scientific determination of management policies and activities using this information.

Course Content

Quantitative decision making, modeling philosophy and model building, Formulation and Graphical Solution Method in Linear Programming, Linear Programming applications, Sensitivity Analysis in Graphical Solution, Simplex Method, Revised Simplex Method, Duality and Sensitivity Analysis, Transportation Model, Assignment Model, Transport Model and using Lindo software for solving linear models.

Required Resources

ALADAĞ, Z. (2011) “Yöneylem Araştırması-I” ve “Yöneylem Araştırması-II” Umuttepe Yayınları

APAYDIN, A. (2005) “Optimizasyon” Kılavuz Kitabevi

TAHA, H.A. (2003) “Yöneylem Araştırması” Literatür Yayıncılık (6. Basımdan Çeviri)

Recommended Resources

TECİM, V. (2011) “Yöneylem Araştırması” Lord Matbaacılık

TİMOR, M. (2010) “Yöneylem Araştırması” Türkmen Kitabevi

ÖZKAN, Ş. (2012) “Yöneylem Araştırması” Nobel Yayıncılık

ÖZTÜRK, A. (2005) “Yöneylem Araştırması” Ekin Kitabevi

WINSTON, W.L. (2004) “Operations Research Applications and Algorithms” Thomson Learning (Fourth Edition)

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Know the concept of optimization.
  2. Gains the ability to model and analyze real life problems.
  3. Gains knowledge about linear models and linear programming.
  4. Gains the ability to use the methods of finding optimal solutions of mathematical problems.
  5. It uses some computer software to create, solve and analyze a linear model.
  6. Can provide solutions and perform analysis for transportation and assignment problems with some special methods.
  7. Define and model network flows.

Core Area Distribution

(46) Mathematics and Statistics%40 (48) Computing%10 (52) Engineering and Engineering Trades%50

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticePresentationBrain StormingSix HatProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period16232
Midterm11010
Quiz5210
Assignment000
Practice000
Final12525

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Introduction to Operations Research, Introduction to Linear ProgrammingPage 1-8 [1]
2Linear Prograaming, ModelingPage 49-124 [1]
3Modeling, Graphical SolutionPage 49-124 [1]
4LP, Excel Solver and LINDOPage 49-124 [1]
5SimplexPage 124-182 [1]
6SimplexPage 124-182 [1]
7SimplexPage 124-182 [1]
8Ara SınavAra Sınav
9Duality and Sensitivity AnalysisPage 196-218 [1]
10Duality and Sensitivity AnalysisPage 233-311 [1]
11Duality and Sensitivity AnalysisPage 233-311 [1]
12Transportation ModelsPage 338-380 [1]
13Transportation ModelsPage 338-380 [1]
14Network ModelsPage 394-446 [1]
15Network ModelsPage 394-446 [1]
16Final SınavıFinal Sınavı