INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH, THESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
EEE5010 Optimization Fall 3 0 3 6
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 : Prof. Dr. SÜREYYA AKYÜZ
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. SÜREYYA AKYÜZ
Course Objectives: To equip students with the mathematical theory of optimization and solution methods.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students will
- be able to formulate optimization problems
- understand basic differences between various constraints
- apply numerical techniques to solve optimization problems

Course Content

Optimization as a decision making problem. Optimization over an open set. Optimization under equality constraints; Lagrange multipliers. Optimization under inequality constraints. Linear programming. Numerical methods.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) The Optimization Problem. Examples.
2) Mathematical preliminaries
3) Mathematical preliminaries
4) The Weierstrass Theorem. Application to example problems.
5) Optimization over an open set. Necessary and sufficient conditions.
6) Numerical techniques: Gradient algorithm, Newton's method.
8) Optimization with equality constraints. Lagrange multipliers.
9) Optimization with inequality constraints. Kuhn-Tucker conditions.
10) Linear programming: Standard maximization and minimization problems.
11) Linear programming: Primal and dual problems. Duality theorem. Optimality conditions.
12) The Simplex algorithm.
13) Discrete dynamic programming.
14) Large optimization problems. Decomposition methods.

Sources

Course Notes: 1. P. Varaia, Lecture Notes on Optimization, web
References: 1. C.T. Kelley, Iterative Methods for Optimization, SIAM

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 5 % 25
Presentation % 0
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms 1 % 25
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 50
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 136
Presentations / Seminar
Project
Homework Assignments 5 10
Quizzes
Preliminary Jury
Midterms 1 2
Paper Submission
Jury
Final 1 2
Total Workload 192

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) Process view and analytic thinking
2) managerial thinking with technical background
3) To have theoretical knowledge on operations research.
4) Awareness about the applications of operations research
5) To have ability of selection and efficient use of modern techniques, equipments and information technologies for industrial engineering
6) To be capable of designing and conducting experiments and collecting data, analyzing and interpreting results
7) To have verbal and oral effective communication skills by using visual methods in Turkish and English
8) To be aware of entrepreneurship, sustainability and innovation
9) To lead disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams, to develop solution approaches in complex situations, to work individually and to take responsibility.
10) To have conscious of professional and ethical responsibility
11) To have conscious of necessity to lifelong learning
12) To be aware of economic and legal implications of engineering solutions
13) Economic, social and environmental responsibility while solving management problems