ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT (TURKISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
INE5261 Multi Attribute Decision Making Fall
Spring
3 0 3 12
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi JBİD ANİ ARSENYAN ÜŞENMEZ
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YÜCEL BATU SALMAN
Course Objectives: This course aims to build up the multi-attribute decision making concept by defining the decision making problem with its various constituents.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Understand the nature of decision making
Structure and model multi-attribute decision making problems
Select the most appropriate method to solve multi-attribute problems
Integrate the preferences of a group of decision makers
Solve real world problems having conflicting criteria

Course Content

The course includes various multi-attribute decision making tools and techniques such as elementary methods, value based methods, and outranking methods in order to help industrial engineering students to handle real-life problems with a scientific approach.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Decision analysis
2) Utility theory
3) Multi attribute decision making
4) Structuring the problem
5) Elementary methods
7) Value-based methods
8) Midterm
9) Outranking methods
10) Group Decision Making
11) Fuzzy Approach to MADM
12) Applications
13) Project presentations
14) Project presentations

Sources

Course Notes: Multiple Attribute Decision Making: An Introduction K . P. Yoon, and C.-L.Hwang 1995 978-0803954861
References: Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: An Integrated Approach V. Belton, and T.J. Stewart 2003 0-7923-7505-X The analytic hierarchy process: planning, priority setting, resource allocation T.L. Saaty 1990 978-0070543713 Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs R.L. Keeney, and H. Raiffa 1993 978-0521438834 The Analytic Network Process: Decision Making With Dependence and Feedback T.L. Saaty 1996 978-0962031793

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance % 0
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation % 0
Project 1 % 35
Seminar % 0
Midterms 1 % 25
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 40
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 25
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 75
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application 0 0 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 0 0
Field Work 0 0 0
Study Hours Out of Class 12 6 72
Presentations / Seminar 1 15 15
Project 1 60 60
Homework Assignments 0 0 0
Quizzes 0 0 0
Preliminary Jury 0 0 0
Midterms 1 2 2
Paper Submission 0 0 0
Jury 0 0 0
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 193

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) - To be able to develop and deepen current and advanced knowledge in the field with original thought and/or research at the level of expertise based on master's qualifications, and to reach original definitions that will bring innovation to the field.
2) - To be able to comprehend the interdisciplinary interaction that the field is related to; Ability to reach original results by using knowledge that requires expertise in analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating new and complex ideas.
3) -To be able to evaluate and use new knowledge in the field with a systematic approach.
4) - To be able to develop a new idea, method, design and/or application that brings innovation to the field, or to apply a known idea, method, design and/or application to a different field, to research, comprehend, design, adapt and apply an original subject.
5) - Ability to critically analyze, synthesize and evaluate new and complex ideas.
6) - Gaining high-level skills in using research methods in studies related to the field.
7) - To be able to critically examine and develop social relations and the norms that guide these relations, and to manage actions to change them when necessary.
8) - To be able to defend their original views in the discussion of the issues in the field with experts and to establish an effective communication showing their competence in the field.
9) - To be able to communicate and discuss at an advanced level in written, oral and visual using a foreign language at least at the C1 General Level of the European Language Portfolio.
10) - To be able to develop new thoughts and methods in the field by using high-level mental processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
11) - To be able to contribute to the process of becoming an information society and maintaining it by introducing scientific, technological, social or cultural advances in the field.
12) - To be able to interact functionally by using strategic decision-making processes in solving the problems encountered in the field.
13) - To be able to contribute to the solution of social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems encountered in issues related to the field and to support the development of these values.
14) - Being able to contribute to the progress in the field by independently carrying out an original work that brings innovations to the field, develops a new idea, method, design and / or application or applies a known idea, method, design and / or application to a different field.
15) - To be able to expand the limits of knowledge in the field by publishing at least one scientific article related to the field in national and/or international refereed journals and/or by producing or interpreting an original work.
16) - Ability to lead in environments that require the resolution of unique and interdisciplinary problems.