COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTS 3016 INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÖZUYSAL

Offered to

Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Mechanical Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mining Engineering (Evening)
Mining Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

It is aimed to provide the basic knowledge about the analysis, modelling and demand-supply balance of transportation systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to associate the human, vehicle and road characteristics which are the main elements of transportation activities
2   To be able to say the basic terms of transportation systems
3   To be able to compare different transportation modes
4   To be able to interpret about the demand-cost relation
5   To be able to take part in a multidisciplinary project study on transportation systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, basic terms related to transportation systems
2 System approach for transportation activities
3 Travel demand, transportation as a derived demand
4 Determination of multidisciplinary project study topics
5 Elasticity, aggregated and disaggregated demand models
6 Transportation cost, analysis of the cost functions
7 The cost prediction methods
8 Pricing policies in transportation systems
9 Network equilibrium, optimization methods
10 Four step demand estimation model: trip generation and distribution
11 Four step demand estimation mode: mode choice and assignment
12 Evaluation of the transportation system problems in practice
13 Project presentations
14 Conclusions

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

Analysis of Transportation Systems, M. Özdemir Akyılmaz, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 1991.

Supplementary Book(s):

Modelling Transport, Juan de Dios Ortuzar, Luis G. Willumsen, Wiley & Sons, ISBN:0471861103, Ingiltere, 2002.

References:

Materials: Presentations, course notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homework, presentation, applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.15 + PRJ * 0.35 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.15 + PRJ * 0.35 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-4: it is evaluated by mid-term and final exams.
LO 5: it is evaluated by multidisciplinary project study.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖZUYSAL: mustafa.ozuysal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced after the course schedule is determined.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Project Preparation 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13431
LO.22
LO.3433
LO.4454
LO.54