COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LINEAR PROGRAMMING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IST 3075 LINEAR PROGRAMMING COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Statistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR UMAY ZEYNEP UZUNOĞLU KOÇER

Offered to

Statistics
Statistics(Evening)

Course Objective

To introduce operations research methodology, to make the students to think about how organizations can perform in an effective way. Besides, teaching the methods for expressing the industrial problems as decision problems, identifying decision alternatives, and selecting the best decision alternative, and finally making economic interpretations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining operations research methodology and techniques
2   Expressing the industrial problems as linear decision models
3   Identifying transportation and assignment problems
4   Applying solution methods of linear decision problems, transportation and assignment problems
5   Using operations research packages to find the solution of linear decision problems
6   Interpreting the results economically
7   Suggesting alternatives to optimize the concerned objective
8   Planning for using the sources optimum

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and methodology of operations research
2 Introduction to linear programming and the art of linear modeling
3 Examples of linear programming
4 Basic concepts of linear programming solutions, graphical method, special cases
5 Standard and normal form of an linear programming and the simplex algorithm, special cases
6 Big M method, Two-Pase Simplex Method
7 Dual simplex algorithm and computer applications
8 Recitation
9 Mid-term exam
10 Duality and finding the dual model, Economic interpretation of dual variables
11 Sensitivity analysis for model parameters
12 Sensitivity analysis for structural changes
13 Methods to find the starting solution of transportation problems
14 Finding the optimum solution of transportation problems
15 Assignment model

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
W.L. Winston, Introduction to Operations Research, Applications and Applications, 3rd edition, Duxbury Press, 1994
Supplementary Book(s):
H. Taha, Operations Research, McGraw Hill, 7th edition, 2003
F.S. Hillier, G.J. Lieberman, Introduction to Operations Research, McGraw Hill, 1995

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and problem solving.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 QUZ QUIZ
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + QUZ * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + QUZ * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of midterm exam and quiz.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Fen Fakültesi Istatistik Bölümü
e-mail: cengiz.celikoglu@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 301 85 50
e-mail: umay.uzunoglu@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 301 85 60

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 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 24 24
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.253535
LO.355
LO.4535
LO.5555
LO.65555
LO.75545
LO.85545

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