MTM4501 – Operations Research (Fall 2025-2026)

Instructor Information

• Instructors: Gökhan Göksu (Gr. 2) and Hale Gonce Köçken (Gr. 4)

• E-mail (GG): gokhan [dot] goksu [at] yildiz [dot] edu [dot] tr

• E-mail (HGK): hgonce [at] yildiz [dot] edu [dot] tr

• Course Web Site: gokhangoksu.github.io/MTM4501

General Information

• Schedule: Monday, 12:00-15:00

• Classroom: KMB-211

• Office Hours: Wednesday, 09:00-12:00

Expectations and Goals

• To discuss the quantitative models developed to obtain the best results in the decisions to be made, to show the application areas encountered in real life and to teach solution methods.

Course Materials

• Textbook:

  • H. A. Taha (2008). Operations Research: An Introduction, 8/e, Pearson Education.

• Optional Materials (in Turkish):

  • H. A. Taha (2000), Çeviren ve Uyarlayanlar: Ş. A. Baray, Ş. Esnaf, Yöneylem Araştırması, 6. Basımdan Çeviri, Literatür Yayınevi.

Tentative Course Schedule

• Week 1 (29.09.2025): Definition of Operations Research (OR) and Its History, Decision Theory: Decision Making Under Certainty, Decision Making Under Risk, Decision Making Under Uncertainty
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• Week 2 (06.10.2025): Network Analysis: Network Definitions, Minimal Spanning Tree Algorithm
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• Week 3 (13.10.2025): Shortest Path Algorithms: Dijkstra's Algorithm
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• Week 4 (20.10.2025): Shortest Path Algorithms: Floyd's Algorithm
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• Week 5 (27.10.2025): Maximal Flow Algorithm
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• Week 6 (03.11.2025): TBA
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• Week 7 (10.11.2025): TBA
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• Week 8 (17.11.2025): Midterm I
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• Week 9 (24.11.2025): TBA
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• Week 10 (01.12.2025): TBA
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• Week 11 (08.12.2025): TBA
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• Week 12 (15.12.2025): Midterm II (Provisionally)
  [Midterm II]

• Week 13 (22.12.2025): TBA
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• Week 14 (29.12.2025): TBA
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• Week 15 (05.01.2026): TBA
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Course Evaluation

• Midterm I: 35 %

• Midterm II: 25 %

• Final: 40 %