COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CSC 5036 TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Computer Science
Ph.D. in Computer Science

Course Objective

This course aims to provide a thorough perspective in the design, development and analysis of information systems that are used for managing all aspects of transportation and logistics systems with different levels of complexity and scope.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analyze and design information flow architectures for transportation operations
2   Design and develop data and functional models for transportation information systems
3   Plan and design integrated information systems to provide intelligent decision support for transportation operations and investments
4   Determine key performance indicators for transportation information systems
5   Develop information management strategies for transportation systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Information systems, Decision support systems
2 Transportation systems, Logistics operations Homework 1
3 Transportation network design, Geographic information systems (GIS)
4 Public transportation (PT) operations, PT planning, Vehicle and crew scheduling
5 PT fleet management, GIS integration
6 Fare collection, Passenger information systems Homework 2
7 Smart mobility in urban settings, Adaptive traffic management with ubiquitous computing
8 Project progress report presentations
9 Air transport operations, Airline scheduling
10 Airport management systems
11 Case Study presentations Homework 3
12 Marine transportation
13 Fleet tracking systems
14 Port operations management, Automated ports
15 Project presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): A. Ceder, Public Transit Planning and Operation: Theory, Modeling and Practice. Elsevier, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.
P.V. Thakuriah, and D.G. Geers, Transportation and Information: Trends in Technology and Policy, Springer, 2013.
Supplementary Book(s): M. Khosrow-Pour (editor-in-chief), Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Information Resources Management Association, USA, 2013.
H.O. Günther, and K.H. Kim (editors), Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems, Springer, 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned and presented in a discussion session. In some weeks of the course, results of the homework given previously are discussed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ugur.eliiyi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparing assignments 3 15 45
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Project Preparation 1 40 40
Project Assignment 3 2 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 205

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1444
LO.2444
LO.3444
LO.4444
LO.5444