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 Technical Elective Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
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
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses X
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 apply the acquired knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering X
2 Ability to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems X
3 Ability to accomplish the integration of systems X
4 Ability to design, develop, implement and improve complex systems, components, or processes X
5 Ability to select/develop and use suitable modern engineering techniques and tools X
6 Ability to design/conduct experiments and collect/analyze/interpret data X
7 Ability to function independently and in teams X
8 Ability to make use of oral and written communication skills effectively X
9 Ability to recognize the need for and engage in life-long learning X
10 Ability to understand and exercise professional and ethical responsibility X
11 Ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions X
12 Ability to have knowledge of contemporary issues X

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