COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
Decision Support Systems for Operations Management INE 423 Spring 03+00+00 Elective 3 6
Academic Unit: Industrial Engineering
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: None
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: To be able to effectively use industrial engineering skills, one needs to have a strong background on problem solving process which includes understanding the engineering concepts, developing a solution method to the problem, implementing the method in an engineering tool and analyze the solution. The course gives an opportunity to the students to develop their skills in decision making by letting them to work on industrial engineering problems. Additionally, the usage of essential components of industrial engineering such as optimization, simulation, statistical decision making, programming and data analysis are covered along with its applications in advanced Excel and VBA. At the end of the class, students are expected to implement an engineering problem in a spreadsheet, develop a solution technique, find an appropriate solution, analyze the solution and make a decision.
Course Contents: Introduction to Decision Support Systems , Functions and Formulations in Excel, Statistical Analysis,Simulation and Large Data Analysis, Optimization, Data manipulation, Using Macros, Subs, Variables, and Objects Etc. in VBA, Using VBA to Develop a Spreadsheet Based Project.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- To be able to apply mathematical modeling and operations research to the managerial problems
  • 2- Ability to work on large data and do statistical analysis
  • 3- Ability to understand system mechanism, simulate a system and analyze a system using simulation
  • 4- Ability to develop a model that is required to opmize an industrial problem and ability tol solve the problem
  • 5- Ability to develop a solution project using information technology resources
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: -


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Introduction to decision support systems
2 Functions and Formulations in Excel
3 Functions and Formulations in Excel
4 Statistical Analysis
5 Statistical Analysis
6 Simulation and Large Data Analysis
7 Simulation and Large Data Analysis
8 Optimization
9 Midterm
10 Optimization
11 Data manipulation
12 Using Macros, Subs, Variables, and Objects Etc. in VBA
13 Using Macros, Subs, Variables, and Objects Etc. in VBA
14 Using VBA to Develop a Spreadsheet Based Project


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

Michelle M.H. Seref , Ravindra A. Ahuja, Wayne L. Winston, Developing Spreadsheet-Based Decision Support Systems, Dynamic Ideas, 2007.


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES

Class presentations and case studies.


ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Project 1 20
Homework Assignments 4 10
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes 2 40
Final Exam 1 30
Total: 8 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14342
Project12020
Homework Assigments41040
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes21530
Final Exam12020
Total Workload (hour):152


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

# PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11
LO1 1 2                  
LO2         1 2          
LO3     1 1              
LO4   3   2 3            
LO5       2