COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SYSTEM DYNAMICS IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 5021 SYSTEM DYNAMICS IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 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

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA NURAN

Offered to

Marine Transportation Systems Engineering
Marine Transportation Systems Engineering
MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

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 approcah.
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 Stocks and Flows
7 Closing the Loop: Dynamics of Simple Structures
8 S-Shaped Growth: Epidemics, Innovation Diffusion, and the Growth of New Products
9 Modeling Decision Making, Formulating Nonlinear Relationships
10 Modeling Decision Making, Formulating Nonlinear Relationships
11 Modeling Human Behavior and Expectation Formation
12 Supply Chains and the Origin of Oscillations
13 Validation, Model Testing and Challenges for the Future
14 Project Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

TEXTBOOK : Sterman, John D., Business Dynamics : Systems thinking and modeling for a complex world. Mc Graw-Hill, New York, 2000.

REFERENCE BOOKS :
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 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mustafa.nuran@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparing assignments 12 2 24
Preparing presentations 12 2 24
Reading 12 2 24
Project Preparation 12 2 24
Design Project 3 12 36
Project Final Presentation 1 10 10
Final Assignment 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.133
LO.24
LO.333
LO.43
LO.53

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