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Publication Metadata only On Scheduling Project Activities With Variable Expenditure Rates(KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, SPUIBOULEVARD 50, PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, 1998) Özdamar, LinetCommercial projects are undertaken with the expectation of maximizing financial returns. There are a variety of cash flow models in the literature in which payments, whose amounts depend on the type of contract quoted between the contractor and the client, are tied to the project events or to the completion times of activities. These models are of deterministic nature with respect to cash inflows, that is, the amount and timing of the payments, once determined, are fixed. However, there are situations specifically in the housing industry where the contractor is the owner of the project. In this case, the contractor starts with an initial capital to cover the activity expenditures and then, capital is augmented by the sale of flats which take place randomly over the progress of the project. In this risky environment, the contractor has to decide on the rate of expenditure at each decision time in order to maintain a positive cash balance. Hence, activities are represented by multiple performing modes with different activity durations and the same total cost. A heuristic to construct and re-construct schedules during the progress of the project is proposed here with the aim of maximizing the project Net Present Value while completing the project on time. The heuristic incorporates dynamic mode selection criteria which change adaptively according to the current status of the project. Computational experiments with the heuristic demonstrates that it provides satisfactory results regarding the feasibility of the schedules with respect to the project due date and the nonrenewable resource constraints.Publication Metadata only Neutron Induced Gamma-ray Spectroscopic and X-ray Fluorescence Investigations of Britholite Veins of Basoren Village (Turkey)(CZECHOSLOVAK JNL OF PHYSICS, FYZIKALNI USTAV AV NA SLOVANCE 2, PRAGUE 180 40, CZECH REPUBLIC, 1999) Bolcal, C; Kuçer, R; Sarıtepe, P; AKYÜZ, SEVİM; AKYÜZ, ZEKİ TANIL; TR111424High resolution gamma-ray spectroscopic investigation of a mineral sample obtained from the deposits of the Basoren area, which is located about 670 km south-east of Ankara (Turkey), within the north-eastern margin of the eastern Tauride range, is reported. The gamma-spectrum of the natural sample shows all the elements of the Th decay series and a few elements of U decay series. On the other hand, the gamma-spectrum of the sample irradiated by 14.5 MeV neutrons additionally gives Na, K, Sc, Or, Mn, Kr, Sr, Y, Zr, Xe, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tm and Yb peaks. The natural alpha and beta radiations of the mineral sample for are found to be A alpha= 1.72 MBq kg(-1) and A beta= 0.40 MBq kg(-1), respectively, which is consistent with the gamma-spectroscopic results of the Th decay series. The X-ray fluorescence analysis of the sample is also given.Publication Metadata only Radioisotope X-ray Fluorescence and Neutron Activation Analyses of the Trace Element Concentrations of the Rainbow Trout(CZECHOSLOVAK JNL OF PHYSICS, FYZIKALNI USTAV AV NA SLOVANCE 2, PRAGUE 180 40, CZECH REPUBLIC, 1999) Başsarı, A; Şener, E; Yıldız, M; Kuçer, R; Kaplan, Z; Doğan, G; AKYÜZ, SEVİM; AKYÜZ, ZEKİ TANIL; TR111424The muscles and livers of the ten rainbow trouts ( Oncorhynchus mykiss; N, 1752) obtained from Sapanca, Aquaculture Facility of Aquatic Products Faculty, The University of Istanbul (Turkey), have been analysed quantitatively for some minor elements using the radioisotope energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) and neutron activation analysis (NAA) methods. It was found that samples contain Na, K, Ca, Sc, Cs, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Au, La and Ce in different amounts. Comparison of the results with those of reference river fish samples indicated that agricultural rainbow trout samples from Sapanca region have higher Fe level.Publication Metadata only Electrochromic Properties of Sol-gel Deposited Ti-doped Vanadium Oxide Film(ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, 1999-01) Özer, Nilgün; Sabuncu, SevsenTitanium-doped vanadium pentoxide, (100 - x)V2O5.xTiO(2) films with compositions ranging from 0 to 20 mole % titanium were prepared by using sol-gel dip coating techniques. Highly transparent (100 - x)V2O5.xTiO(2) films With properties superior to vanadium oxide were formed. The coating solutions were prepared by reacting vanadium tri-isopropoxide oxide and titanium tetra-isopropoxide as precursors and anhydrous isopropanol as solvent. The films were formed on transparent conducting substrates by a dip coating technique and heat treated at 300 degrees C for 1 h. The films were characterized by cyclic voltammetry, optical spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy +/- SEM, and X-ray diffractometer (XRD). XRD results show that the films heat treated at temperatures below 400 degrees C were amorphous. The electrochemical lithium insertion shows that (100 - x)V2O5.xTiO(2) films exhibited good recharge ability of Li+/e(-) insertion/extraction process. Spectroelectrochemical measurements from 300 to 800 nm show that (100 - x)V2O5;O-5.xTiO(2) films exhibit weak cathodic coloration in the near uv and weak anodic coloration from 500 to 800 nm. It was observed that the addition of titanium resulted in marked improvement in the electrochromic behavior. This was especially seen for vanadium pentoxide doped with 5 mole % titanium. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.Publication Metadata only A Hierarchical Planning System for Energy Intensive Production Environments(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 1999-01-15) Özdamar, Linet; Birbil, SIThis paper describes a hierarchical production planning approach with decision support features for energy intensive industries with particular reference to a tile manufacturing factory. In the tiling industry, the facilities which contribute most to the consumption of energy (and, hence, to the production costs) are usually the kilns where the curing operation is carried out. Frequently, the kilns are also the bottleneck in terms of capacity utilization. Thus, in order to save on energy costs, a planning approach which aims at minimizing the number of active kilns throughout the year is needed besides optimizing the process design in the curing department. To achieve the latter goal, it is necessary to take into account demand fluctuations as well as detailed capacity restrictions while deciding on the lot sizes of the products and the kilns on which the products are loaded. Rather than adopting a monolithic mathematical model for developing a desirable production plan, a hierarchical approach which decomposes the problem into two sub-problems is preferred. In the first level, products and capacity are aggregated over the planning horizon to achieve an overall consideration of demand fluctuations over time. Then, the solution provided by the aggregate solution for the current planning period is disaggregated into a detailed lot sizing and loading solution. The disaggregated problem is difficult to solve and hence, a heuristic is proposed here. This planning approach is sustained by a Decision Support System which enables the elimination of possible inconsistencies in the production plan by providing an effective interaction with the decision maker. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.Publication Metadata only A Genetic Algorithm Approach to a General Category Project Scheduling Problem(IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017-2394 USA, 1999-02) Özdamar, LinetA genetic algorithm (GA) approach is proposed for the general resource constrained project scheduling model, in which activities may be executed in more than one operating mode and renewable as well as nonrenewable resource constraints exist, Each activity operation mode has a different duration and requires different amounts of renewable and nonrenewable resources. The objective is the minimization of the project duration or makespan, The problem under consideration is known to be one of the most difficult scheduling problems, and it is hard to find a feasible solution for such a problem, let alone the optimal one, The GA approach described here incorporates problem-specific scheduling knowledge by an indirect chromosome encoding that consists of selected activity operating modes and an ordered set of scheduling rules, The scheduling rules in the chromosome are used in an iterative scheduling algorithm that constructs the schedule resulting from the chromosome. The proposed GA is denoted as a hybrid GA (HGA) approach since it is integrated with traditional scheduling tools and expertise specifically developed for the general resource constrained project scheduling problem. The results demonstrate that HGA approach produces near-optimal solutions within a reasonable amount of computation time.Publication Metadata only FRACTOP: A Geometric Partitioning Metaheuristic for Global Optimization(KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, SPUIBOULEVARD 50, PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, 1999-06) Demirhan, M; Özdamar, Linet; Helvacıoğlu, L; Birbil, SIWe propose a new metaheuristic, FRACTOP, for global optimization. FRACTOP is based on the geometric partitioning of the feasible region so that search metaheuristics such as Simulated Annealing (SA), or Genetic Algorithms (GA) which are activated in smaller subregions, have increased reliability in locating the global optimum. FRACTOP is able to incorporate any search heuristic devised for global optimization. The main contribution of FRACTOP is that it provides an intelligent guidance (through fuzzy measures) in locating the subregion containing the global optimum solution for the search heuristics imbedded in it. By executing the search in nonoverlapping subregions, FRACTOP eliminates the repetitive visits of the search heuristics to the same local area and furthermore, it becomes amenable for parallel processing. As FRACTOP conducts the search deeper into smaller subregions, many unpromising subregions are discarded from the feasible region. Thus, the initial feasible region gains a fractal structure with many space gaps which economizes on computation time. Computational experiments with FRACTOP indicate that the metaheuristic improves significantly the results obtained by random search (RS), SA and GA.Publication Metadata only Hybrid Heuristics for the Multi-stage Capacitated Lot Sizing and Loading Problem(STOCKTON PRESS, HOUNDMILLS, BASINGSTOKE RG21 6XS, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1999-08) Linet, ÖzdamarThe multi-stage capacitated lot sizing and loading problem (MCLSLP) deals with the issue of determining the lot sizes of product items in serially-arranged manufacturing stages and loading them on parallel facilities in each stage to satisfy dynamic demand over a given planning horizon. It is assumed that regular time capacity decisions have already been made in the tactical level and allocated to the stages, but it is still an important decision problem whether to augment regular time capacity by overtime capacity. Each item may be processed on a technologically feasible subset of existing facilities with different process and setup times on each facility. Since the solution of the MCLSLP requires the design of a powerful algorithm, simulated annealing (SA) and genetic algorithms (GA) are integrated to enhance their individual performances. Furthermore, these global optimisation methods are incorporated into a Lagrangean relaxation scheme, hence creating a hybrid solution methodology. Numerical results obtained using these methods confirm the mutual benefits of integrating different solution techniques.Publication Metadata only A Note On the Use of a Fuzzy Approach in Adaptive Partitioning Algorithms for Global Optimization(IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA, 1999-08) Demirhan, Melek; Özdamar, LinetIn global optimization, adaptive partitioning algorithms (APA) operate on the basis of partitioning the feasible region into subregions, sampling and evaluating each subregion, and selecting one or more subregions for repartitioning, The purpose of the repartitioning process is to locate a narrow neighborhood around the global optimum. In this correspondence, He propose to use a fuzzy approach in the assessment of subregions using random samples taken from these subregions. We discuss different types of uncertainties involved in APA and ne conclude that the use of a fuzzy approach in the assessment of subregions is in concurrence with APA's convergence property, We provide numerical results for the fuzzy approach on 13 test functions from the literature.Publication Metadata only A hierarchical planning approach for a production-distribution system(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, ONE GUNPOWDER SQUARE, LONDON EC4A 3DE, ENGLAND, 1999-11-10) Özdamar, Linet; AKTİN, AYŞE TÜLİN; 57877; 109203A production-distribution model involving production and transportation decisions in a central factory and its warehouses is developed. The model is based on the operating system of a multi-national company producing detergents in a central factory from which products are distributed to geographically distant warehouses. The overall system costs are optimized considering factory and warehouse inventory costs and transportation costs. Constraints include production capacity, inventory balance and fleet size integrity. Here, a hierarchical approach is adopted in order to make use of medium range aggregate information, as well as to satisfy weekly fluctuating demand with an optimal fleet size. Thus, a model which involves an aggregation of products, demand, capacity, and time periods is solved. In the next planning phase, the aggregate decisions are disaggregated into refined decisions in terms of time periods, product families, inventory and distribution quantities related to warehouses. Consistency between the aggregate and disaggregation models is obtained by imposing additional constraints on the disaggregation model. Infeasibilities in the disaggregated solution are resolved through an iterative constraint relaxation scheme which is activated in response to infeasible solutions pertaining to different causes. Here, we investigate the robustness of the hierarchical model in terms of infeasibilities occurring due to the highly fluctuating nature of demand in the refined time periods and also due to the aggregation process itself.Publication Metadata only The determination of the evoked potential generating mechanism based on radial basis neural network model(2000) DEMİRER, RÜŞTÜ MURAT; HALİL ÖZCAN GULCUR; YUKİO KOSUGIThis paper investigates the modeling of nonlinearity on the generation of the single trial evoked potential signal (s-EP) by means of using a mixed radial basis function neural network (M-RBFN). The more emphasis is put on the contribution of spontaneous EEG term to s-EP signal. The method is based on a nonlinear M-RBFN neural network model that is trained simultaneously with the different segments of EEG/EP data. Then, the output of the trained model (estimator) is a both fitted and reduced (optimized) nonlinear model and then provide a global representation of the passage dynamics between spontaneous brain activity and poststimulus periods. The performance of the proposed neural network method is evaluated using a realistic simulation and applied to a real EEG/EP measurement.Publication Metadata only A Fuzzy Areal Assessment Approach for Potentially Contaminated Sites(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2000-04) Özdamar, Linet; Demirhan, Melek; Özpınar, Alper; KILANÇ, BURAKThis article describes a new fuzzy areal site assessment approach in the detection of contaminated zones within a site which is under environmental investigation. Conventional techniques utilized in this held are mostly interpolation based. These methods interpolate the contaminant concentration values at unobserved locations using observed values. Unlike these interpolation techniques, the motivation of the approach introduced here consists of partitioning a given site into smaller sections. Partitioning is carried out iteratively where subregions of interest are divided into further smaller regions. This re-partitioning scheme leads to a dynamic grouping of observations, since areas of differing sizes and boundaries contain different sets of samples. The potential of an area to contain contaminated zones is assessed by a fuzzy measure which converts the data values in that area into an aggregate grade normalized on [0, 1]. Thus, this approach does not assume concentration values at unobserved locations, rather, an areal potential is evaluated.Publication Metadata only Analysis of Solution Space-Dependent Performance of Simulated Annealing: The Case of the Multi-level Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2000-08) Barbarasoğlu, G; Özdamar, LinetThis study describes an analysis of different neighbourhood transition schemes and their effects; on the performance of a general purpose simulated annealing (SA) procedure in solving the dynamic multi-level capacitated lot sizing problem (MLCLSP) with general product structures. The proposed neighbourhood transition schemes are based on relaxing different types of constraints, each of which defines a different solution space. The experiments assess the influence of expanding the search space which includes infeasibilities arising from the elimination of different model restrictions. The results indicate that the performance of SA is highly dependent on the definition and the tightness of the search space. Furthermore, the increase in the number of search moves carried out by SA is shown to significantly improve the results with linearly increasing computational times.Publication Metadata only Experiments with New Stochastic Global Optimization Search Techniques(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD., 2000-08) ÖZDAMAR, LİNET; Demirhan, MelekIn this paper several probabilistic search techniques are developed for global optimization under three heuristic classifications: simulated annealing, clustering methods and adaptive partitioning algorithms. The algorithms proposed here combine different methods found in the literature and they are compared with well-established approaches in the corresponding areas. Computational results are obtained on 77 small to moderate size (up to 10 variables) nonlinear test functions with simple bounds and Is large size test functions (up to 400 variables) collected from literature.Publication Metadata only A Decision Support Model for Customer Value Assessment and Supply Quota Allocation(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 11 NEW FETTER LANE, LONDON EC4P 4EE, ENGLAND, 2000-09) Barbarasoğlu, G; Yazgaç, Ayşe Tülin; AKTİN, AYŞE TÜLİNThe aim of this study is to develop a decision support tool for a supplier in a value-chain environment. The supplier under consideration is assumed to provide a strategic product to a number of customers and needs to allocate his capacity among them in a way to maximize his business value. First, an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) structure is designed to represent the criteria which are identified from the supplier's point of view to assess customer performance, and customer priorities are obtained by using the AHP composition principle. Then, these are deployed in numerical algorithms which aim to allocate the total supply capacity among customers as supply quotas. The approach is implemented in an electric motor manufacturer in Turkey, which possesses high competitive power with advanced manufacturing technology.Publication Metadata only An Integrated Lagrangean Relaxation-Simulated Annealing Approach to the Multi-level Multi-item capacitated lot sizing problem(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2000-12-20) Özdamar, Linet; Barbarasoğlu, GThis study proposes a heuristic approach for the solution of the dynamic multi-level multi-item capacitated lot sizing problem (MLCLSP) with general product structures. The difficulty in solving MLCLSP is to provide capacity-feasible lot-sizes while maintaining the non-negativity of the inventories belonging to the items in the lower levels of the product structures. The proposed technique aims to resolve this issue by combining the capability of the Lagrangean relaxation to decompose the hard-to-solve problems into smaller subproblems and the intensive search capability of the simulated annealing. As the first attempt, two Lagrangean relaxation schemes are designed and different versions of simulated annealing are incorporated into relaxation designs as the Lagrangean heuristic. Then in order to improve the performance of the heuristic, a Phase-1 procedure is developed as a recursive algorithm to restore capacity feasibility. It is observed that the best results are obtained by executing first Phase-1 procedure and then simulated annealing approach with only improving moves in each Lagrangean cycle. The performance of these approaches is compared by using the benchmark problems available in literature. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.Publication Metadata only Environmental perception-an experimental basic design atelier for students of architecture: An assessment(PION LTD, 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND, 2001) Gökan, Rıfat KorayAn assessment is presented of the changes that have occurred in visual creative design activities of students participating in an experimental 'basic design atelier'. At the Department of Architecture, Istanbul Kültür University, such an atelier is a requirement for the first-year students. Among the factors affecting creative design activity the following are closely monitored: (a) Visual creative design activities are based upon perceived environmental phenomena. (b) These activities are also based on experience; so the priority is given to students' own yet limited experience to express selected aspects (conceptual or physical) of any environmental phenomena; 'basic design' is dependent upon masterly use of students' own vision. (c) Physical aspects of phenomena are essential to understand their formal and spatial functioning. (d) Students' total personality and preferences are inevitably involved in making aesthetic decisions; (e) Art changes dynamically in accordance with the intellectual and emotional concepts of the periods contemplated.Publication Metadata only Comparison of Partition Evaluation Measures in an Adaptive Partitioning Algorithm for Global Optimization(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2001-01-01) Özdamar, Linet; Demirhan, MAn adaptive partitioning algorithm with random search is proposed to locate the global optimum of multimodal functions. Partitioning algorithms divide the feasible region into nonoverlapping partitions in order to restrict and direct the search to the most promising region expected to contain the global optimum. In such a scheme a partition evaluation measure is required to assess sub-regions in order to re-partition the most promising sub-region and intensify the search within that area. This study provides computational results on several classes of partition evaluation measures used in the assessment of samples taken from all partitions. Among the partition evaluation classes used in our comparison are fuzzy, statistical, and deterministic interval estimation measures. Performance in terms of solution quality is reported on an extensive set of 77 test functions collected from the literature.Publication Metadata only Confronting 'Uncivil Society' and the 'Dark Side of Globalization': Are Sociological Concepts up to the Task?(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 6 BONHILL STREET, LONDON EC2A 4PU, ENGLAND, 2001-11-30) Rumford, CInternational terrorism is frequently categorized as one element of 'uncivil society' or as the 'dark side of globalization.' The paper examines these concepts, finding them unhelpful in understanding the context for the September 11 attacks in the US. Their weakness derives in large part from the uncritical usage of the terms 'civil society?' and 'globalization' characteristic of much contemporary sociological work. In consequence, sociology is in danger of being marginalized from public debate about the most important issues of our day.Publication Metadata only Simplification or a New Approach to the Construction of the Three Vanishing Points Perspective without Using the Projective Principles(WIDE DREAMS PROJECTOS MULTIMEDIA LDA, AV DR ELISIO DE MOURA, 417-1 G, COIMBRA 3030-183, PORTUGAL, 2002) Palamutoğlu, MBy applying the projective and descriptive principles, it is exactly possible to draw the three vanishing points perspective of any object like a sky scraper, but this procedure takes so long time and very large area in the picture plane. In order to eliminate this adverse action and to obtain the visible as well as geometrically correct persperctive, it is proceeded this way which we developped. In this work; Firstly, the object has been considered in the form of the rectangle prism which includes its every points and the location of the observer has been chosen on the m-p or MP circle which we exposed in another work [1]. Secondly, it has been taken the picture plane which is perpendicular to the optical axis of the observer. Thirdly, according to this assumption, by using the side and top view of the object it has been fixed the locations of three vanishing points related to the different directions. Fourthly, it has been laterally constructed the perspective of object in the form of straight line in the picture plane. Fifthly, this perspective has been transferred to the frontal position. Finally, this frontal position has been modified by taking the picture plane to the vertical frontal position and observed the simplicity and difference between this perspective and the persective drawn according to the principles of the projective geometry. If desired, this perspective can be magnified through the similarity principles.