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MAN326 DECISION ANALYSIS
Thaught since Spring, 2015-2016

Course Pages:

Office Hours:
Wednesday, 15:00–17:00. You may also ask for an appointment for a meeting out of office hours.

Main References:

  • Textbook: Barnett, R. A., Ziegler M. R. & Byleen K. E., (2010) “College Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences”, 12th ed., Prentice Hall.
  • Sidebook: Thomas, G. B.,, Weir M. D. & Hass J. R.Thomas. “Thomas’ Calculus”, Pearson (12th edition is distributed on archive.org for free.).

You can also benefit from any other textbook, article, note or lecture note, in English or Turkish, which covers the course material.

Objectives:
This is the first course of the two-step ”Mathematics for Business” series, primarily designed for constructing a mathematics background for business students, covering related topics to deriving necessary information from mathematical functions, using statistical data and solving mathematical business models.

Prerequisites:
None.

Grading Policy:

  • Your final grade will be a result of a midterm exam, (30%), homeworks (20%) and a final exam (50%).
  • Midterm and final examinations will be made as open-book exams.
  • Please bring your calculators and necessary stationary equipment with you for all of the exams. Sharing calculators or any stationary equipment will not be allowed.
  • Attendance will not be used for grading purposes, except for the related university regulations.

Class Policy:

  • Students are obliged to maintain the learning environment.
  • When asked, students are expected to participate in in-class activities.
  • Lack of knowledge of the rules is not a reasonable explanation for a violation. Any violation of the rules or causing a disturbance in the classroom will be observed and necessary actions will be taken.

Tentative Course Outline:

▹ Week -1-

Meeting and introduction to the course.

▸ Week -1-

Linear equations, functions and graphs (Chapter 1,2).

▹ Week -2-

Tutorial Class: Examples on drawing graphs of functions.

▸ Week -2-

Limits (Chapter 10, Section 10.1-10.3).

▹ Week -3-

Tutorial Class: Sample problems on limits.

▸ Week -3-

Derivation: Introduction (Chapter 10, Section 10.4).

▹ Week -4-

Tutorial Class: Examples on simple derivatives.

▸ Week -4-

Derivative: Properties (Chapter 10, Section 10.5).

▹ Week -5-

Tutorial Class: Examples on simple derivatives.

▸ Week -5-

Derivative: Differentials (Chapter 10, Section 10.6).

▹ Week -6-

Tutorial Class: Examples on differentials.

▸ Week -6-

Derivative: Additional Topics (Chapter 11, 15; Sections 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 15.2).

▹ Week -7-

Tutorial Class: Sample problems on derivations.

▸ Week -7-

Derivation: Business Implications (Chapter 10,11; Section 10.7, 11.6, 11.7).

▸ Week -8-

MIDTERM WEEK - Course will not take place.

▹ Week -9-

Tutorial Class: Solutions of midterm exam questions.

▸ Week -9-

Graphing: Drawing and using graphs of functions by using derivatives (Chapter 12, Sections 12.1, 12.2, 12.4).

▹ Week -10-

Tutorial Class: Implementations of and sample problems for graphing.

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Graphing: Using graphing theory for optimization (Chapter 12, Sections 12.5, 12.6).

▹ Week -11-

Tutorial Class: Implementations of and sample problems for graphing.

▸ Week -11-

Integration: Introduction (Chapter 13, Sections 13.1-13.4).

▹ Week -12-

Simple problems on integration.

▸ Week -12-

Integration: Advanced integration topics (Chapter 14, Sections 14.1, 14.3, 14.4?).

▹ Week -13-

Tutorial Class: Sample applications of integration.

▸ Week -13-

Integration: Business implications.

▹ Week -14-

Exampler integration problems on business implications.

▸ Week -14-

Review.

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Homework Assignments

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