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| Unit | INSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES |
| AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (PhD) | |
| Code | TE548 |
| Name | Operations Research in Agriculture |
| Term | 2019-2020 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TUNA ALEMDAR |
| Course Instructor |
The current term course schedule has not been prepared yet.
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Course Goal / Objective
Introducing decision making process in agricultural production and related enterprises; using appropriate quantitative techniques in decisions making processes
Course Content
Operations Research, its relevancy with agriculture and agricultural economics, major methods used in operations resarch (linear and non-linear programming, integer programming, applications of game theory, Markov chains, inventory control, network analyses such as CPM and PERT, simulation) and their use in agriculture
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | To be able to define several stages of decision making processes in agricultural production |
| LO02 | To be able to use operation research methods and tools in decisions making processes in agriculture and related areas; to determine pros and cons of those methods |
| LO03 | Expressing real life problems into operation research problems and modelling them; choosing appropriate models; interpreting model results; sensitivity analyses, |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Able to further develop and deepen knowledge acquired based on the undergradute level proficiencies in the fields of farm management and agricultural policy | 0 |
| PLO02 | - | Able to comprehend interactions among related disciplines and field of agricultural economics | 2 |
| PLO03 | - | Able to use theoretical and practical knowledge of agricultural economics in their specialization area | 0 |
| PLO04 | - | Able to prepare reports on developments in national economy and agricultural sector; able to critically evaluate historical and actual developments in agriculture and economy; able to observe and interpret economics related publications | 0 |
| PLO05 | - | Able to use software widely used in agricultural economics | 0 |
| PLO06 | - | Able to combine data of actual developments with his knowledge, data and findings obtained in various disciplines and interpret them while supporting them with qualitative and quantitative data and also forming new knowledge through synthesis | 4 |
| PLO07 | - | Ability to take the lead in multidisciplinary teams and work in teams | 4 |
| PLO08 | - | Able to critically evaluate specialized knowledge and abilities acquired in agricultural economics and direct his/her own learning process | 4 |
| PLO09 | - | Constantly adapt himself to new scientific developments | 4 |
| PLO10 | - | Able to use acquired and digested agricultural economics knowledge in multidisciplinary studies, able to explain them, to transfer them to others, able to examine conclusions critically | 5 |
| PLO11 | - | Able to transfer research results using verbal, written and visual tools | 0 |
| PLO12 | - | Able to collect data according to scientific methods in order to solve economic problems, able to supervise and interprete data collected while taking into consideration social, scientific and ethical values | 0 |
| PLO13 | - | Able to develop analytical approaches in order to solve complicated problems that cannot be forecast beforehand in applications of agricultural economics and policy; able to design research process; able to produce solutions by taking on responsibility and to evaluate and justify solutions | 0 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to operations research; successful applications of operation research; stages of decisions making process | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 2 | Linear progrramming; maximisation with Simplex method; solving optimisation problems with graphs | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 3 | Introduction to LINGO software; economic interpretation of simplex algorithm; opportunity cost; principles of substitution | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 4 | Modelling minimization problems and their solution | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 5 | Concept of dualit and it economic interpretation | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 6 | Transportation problemes; assignment problems and Hungarian algorithm | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 7 | CPM-PERT; network optimization techniques; inventory problems | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 9 | Linear programming and special cases: multipleoptimal solutions; unbounded problems etc | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 10 | Assumptions of linear programming and their violations | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 11 | Nonlinear progrraming | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 12 | Markov chains and their applications in agriculture | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 13 | Simulation | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 14 | Game theoryand ist applications in agriculture | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 15 | New developments in operations research | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Lecture notes and suggested readings | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Lecture notes and suggested readings |