COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ISM5206 | Decision Analysis | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
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Language of instruction: | Turkish |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Instructor ÖZLEM KANGA |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. SEROL BULKAN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | N.A. |
Course Objectives: | The aim of the course is to introduce the graphical models used in decision analysis and to provide a set of systematic tools to help the decision maker in giving a decision. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; - Recognize the graphical models used in decision analysis. - Model a given uncertain situation with Bayes networks. - Compute exact and approximate inferences in Bayes networks. - Model a given uncertain decision problem with influence diagrams. - Make inferences in decision networks. - Compute value of information. |
Expected Utility, Causal and Bayesian networks, Exact inference in Bayesian networks, Approximate inference in Bayesian networks, Learning Bayesian networks, Influence and decision networks, Value of information |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Probability review | |
2) | Expected Utility | |
3) | Causal and Bayesian networks | |
4) | Building Bayesian models | |
5) | Exact inference in Bayesian networks | |
6) | Exact inference in Bayesian networks | |
7) | Approximate inference in Bayesian networks | |
8) | Approximate inference in Bayesian networks | |
9) | Midterm exam | |
10) | Learning Bayesian networks | |
11) | Influence and decision networks | |
12) | Influence and decision networks | |
13) | Value of information | |
14) | Project presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | F.V. Jensen, 2001. Bayesian networks and decision graphs, New York : Springer |
References: | Robert T. Clemen, 1996. Making Hard Decisions: An Introduction to Decision Analysis, 2nd edition, Duxbury Press |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 4 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Project | 1 | 40 | 40 |
Homework Assignments | 4 | 10 | 40 |
Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 195 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |