ECTS - Multi-criteria Decision Making

Multi-criteria Decision Making (IE515) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Multi-criteria Decision Making IE515 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Problem Solving, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives In this course, the students will be learning fundamental concepts of multi criteria decision making to be able to apply for their practical problems.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Acquaintance of students with the fundamental concepts of Multi criteria decision making methods.
  • Ability of students to develop an insight about the role of Multi criteria decision making methods for different engineering disciplines.
  • As a consequence it is planned to improve students' decision making skills, their ability to analyze problems systematically
Course Content The concept of multiple criteria decision making (MCDM), multiple criteria and multiple purpose models, decision space, objective space, convex sets, functions and test for convexity, decision analysis and utility theory, complex systems, value of information, the concept of utility theory, formulation of the general multiple criteria programming a

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction: Basic concepts, system approach
2 Decision making under uncertainty&risk
3 Decision hierarchy, decision network, decision trees
4 Basic methods
5 Interaction methods
6 Outranking methods
7 Outranking methods (continued)
8 Midterm exam
9 Value based methods
10 Value based methods (continued)
11 Value based methods (continued)
12 Value based methods (continued)
13 Students' projects presentations
14 Students' projects presentations
15 Students' projects presentations
16 Students' projects presentations

Sources

Course Book 1. Bazerman, M.H. 2002. Judgment in Managerial Decision Making. 5.Ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 30
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ability to carry out advanced research activities, both individual and as a member of a team
2 Ability to evaluate research topics and comment with scientific reasoning
3 Ability to initiate and create new methodologies, implement them on novel research areas and topics
4 Ability to produce experimental and/or analytical data in systematic manner, discuss and evaluate data to lead scintific conclusions
5 Ability to apply scientific philosophy on analysis, modelling and design of engineering systems
6 Ability to synthesis available knowledge on his/her domain to initiate, to carry, complete and present novel research at international level
7 Contribute scientific and technological advancements on engineering domain of his/her interest area
8 Contribute industrial and scientific advancements to improve the society through research activities

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 1 16
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 4 4
Report
Homework Assignments 4 4 16
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 16 16
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 25 25
Total Workload 125