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Decision Making Techniques in Agriculture

Course Code	: ZTE510
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 8

Objectives of the Course

To introduce multi-criteria decision-making methods and to gain the ability to apply them in the field of agriculture.

Course Content

Fundamentals of decision, decision making in risk environment, application of multi-criteria decision making techniques in agriculture sector

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Gökhan ÇINAR

Learning Outcomes

1.	To be able to explain the decision processes
2.	To learn multi-criteria decision making methods
3.	Gaining the ability to think mathematically about social events
4.	To be able to interpret the causality of events in agricultural economics
5.	Being able to model various decision-making methods in the agricultural sector

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Yıldırım, F. ve Önder, E. 2021. Çok Kriterli Karar Verme Yöntemleri. Dora Yayıncılık, 338s.
2.	Büyüközkan, G., & Çiftçi, G. (2012). A Combined Fuzzy AHP and Fuzzy TOPSIS Based Strategic Analysis of Electronic Service Quality in Healthcare Industry. Expert Systems with Applications, 39, 2341-2354.
3.	Pamucar, D., Mihajlovic, M., Obradovic, R., & Atanaskovic, P. (2017). Novel approach to group multi-criteria decision making based on interval rough numbers: Hybrid DEMATEL-ANP-MAIRCA model. Expert Systems with Applications, 88, 58-80.
4.	Uzmay A.ve Çınar G. İzmir İlinde Süt Sığırcılığı Yetiştiricilerinin Destekleme Politikalarına Yönelik Tercih Hiyerarşisi; Bulanık Eşli Karşılaştırma. TED. 2016; 22(2): 59-67.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Theory of decision

Week 2 - Theoretical

Decision environments and decision making process

Week 3 - Theoretical

The risk environment, utility theory and the concept of expected value

Week 4 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: FPC

Week 5 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: AHP

Week 6 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: ANP

Week 7 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: ARAS

Week 8 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: COPRAS

Week 9 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: CRITICAL

Week 10 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: DEMETAL

Week 11 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: ELEKTRA

Week 12 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: MAIRKA

Week 13 - Theoretical

Multi-criteria decision making method: TOPSIS

Week 14 - Theoretical

Homework presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	8	3	154
Lecture - Practice	1	14	2	16
Midterm Examination	1	14	2	16
Final Examination	1	14	2	16
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				202

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10
OÇ-1	4	4	3	3	5	4	3	4	4	4
OÇ-2	4	4	3	3	5	4	3	4	4	4
OÇ-3	4	5	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	4
OÇ-4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
OÇ-5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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