1	Course Title:	OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE
2	Course Code:	TRE6103
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç.Dr. Tolga Tipi
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ttipi@uludag.edu.tr, Tel:0 (224) 2941590 U.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Tarım Ekonomisi Bölümü Görükle/Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective of this course is to enable the students to learn operational research techniques as a tool for decision making on farm management and farm policy problems.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Ability to define mathematical model of the farm management problems ; 2 Ability to choose operations research technique for solving problems; 3 Ability to solve model by using operations research techniques; 4 Ability to analyze and interpret model outputs;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to Operations Research (Basic Definitions, Classification, Historical Development and usage in farm management)
2	Concept of model, model types, mathematical models; practices in farm management
3	Linear Programming: Graphical and Simplex Solution
4	Sensitivity Analysis, primal and dual models
5	Linear programming problems in farm management
6	Integer programming: Model Building
7	Transportation Models: Model Building, Solution Techniques, Assignment and Transshipment Models
8	Dynamic Programming: Model Building
9	Dynamic Programming: Model Building
10	Nonlinear Programming: Model Building
11	Nonlinear Programming: Problem solving
12	Markov Chain Analysis
13	Game Theory
14	Course review and problem solving

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Rehber, E. Tarımda Yöneylem Araştırması, Basılmamış Ders Notları, Bursa. 2. Ecker, J.G., Kupferschmid, M. 1988. Introduction to Operations Research, John Wile&sons, Newyork. 3. Winston, W.L. 1991. Operations Research (Applications and Algorithms), Duxbury Press, California. 4. Taha H.A., Operations Research: An Introduction, Pearson Education Inc., 2003. 5. Taha H.A., Yoneylem Arastirmasi, Literatur Yayincilik (cev. Alp Baray ve Sakir Esnaf), 2000. 6. Winston W.L., Albright S.C., Practical Management Science, Duxbury Press, Wadsworth Inc., 2001.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	2	30
Final Exam	1	70
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		30
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		70
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	2	10	40
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	35	35
Total WorkLoad			145
Total workload/ 30 hr			4,83
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 1 0 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 3 0 2 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 1 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High