COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SYSTEM DYNAMICS IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DDD 6061 SYSTEM DYNAMICS IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURAK KÖSEOĞLU

Offered to

Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management

Course Objective

Examining:
Systems thinking and the system dynamics worldview; Tools for systems thinking, including methods to elicit and map the structure of complex systems and relate those structures to their dynamics; Tools for modeling and simulation of complex systems;
Procedures for testing and improving models; Guidelines for working with client teams and successful implementation.
Learning:
About the dynamics of complex marine transportation systems, including the structures that create growth, goal-seeking behaviour

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Apply systems approach to marine transportation engineering.
2   Solve marine transportation engineering problems by using the tools of system dynamics approach.
3   Create causal loop diagrams.
4   Design stock and flow systems and understand and apply the dynamics of stocks and flows.
5   Examine cases based on systems dynamics approach in logistics, supply chains and marine transportation problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Systems Approach.
2 Marine Transportation Engineering Systems.
3 Learning in and about Complex Systems.
4 System Dynamics in Action.
5 Stocks and Flows.
6 Closing the Loop: Dynamics of Simple Structures.
7 S-Shaped Growth: Epidemics, Innovation Diffusion, and the Growth of New Products.
8 Midterm Exam.
9 Modeling Decision Making, Formulating Nonlinear Relationships.
10 Modeling Human Behavior and Expectation Formation.
11 Supply Chains and the Origin of Oscillations.
12 Validation, Model Testing and Challenges for the Future.
13 Presentations.
14 Presentations.
15 General Assesment.
16 Final Exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

- Forrester, Jay W. (1961). Industrial Dynamics. Pegasus Communications. ISBN 1883823366.
- Forrester, Jay W. (1969). Urban Dynamics. Pegasus Communications. ISBN 1883823390.
- Meadows, Donella H. (1972). Limits to Growth. New York: University books. ISBN 0-87663-165-0.
- Morecroft, John (2007). Strategic Modelling and Business Dynamics: A Feedback Systems Approach. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0470012862.
- Roberts, Edward B. (1978). Managerial Applications of System Dynamics. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 026218088X.
- Randers, Jorgen (1980). Elements of the System Dynamics Method. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 0915299399.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Active and student centered teaching and learning strategies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Active participation of students.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burak.koseoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Reading 12 2 24
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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