LECTURER:

Dr. Tuğrul Kırmızı.

PREREQUISITES

None.

 TEXTBOOK:

 None specific. (Updated Web sources will be used. Handouts will be given to students on weekly basis.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The Course will try to discuss how computer simulation technology can be utilised in integrating the professionals in the design and decision – making process. This discussion will lead the students beyond using the computer technology as merely a presentation medium, but rather as a decision - making work platform as an extension of the human mind. CAD-CAM technologies (Computer Aided Design & Management), Virtual Reality, Video Conferenceing, and the Internet will be discussed in problem  - based studio workshops, which will lead students to develop a final report.

Homework submittals: January 22, 2007

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Week 1,2,3,4

Game theories, probabilistic models. General discussion on classical game theories, game-specific theories and their relation to each other.

 Week 5,6,7,8

Discussions on Virtual Reality, Video Conferenceing, and the impact of Internet on related matters.

Week 9

Mid - Term Examination

 Students will be given the opportunity to take an interactive relationship with the content of the course, enabling them to think rather than to accept the knowledge written in the course material. In an active learning environment, the instructor will facilitate rather than to impose conditions of the students’ understandi

Week 10, 11, 12

Recent softwares, simulations on decision making process.

 Week 13

General discussion.

 Week 14

 Mid - Term Examination.

GRADING:

Two Mid Term examinations will be averaged and affect the grade by 50 %. Final exam will be the 50 % of the resulting grade.