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  • Dept.of Electrical and Electronics Engineering(Eng
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  • Engineering Computations
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Course Introduction Information

Code - Course Title EEM4517 - Engineering Computations
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Laboratory + Practice 3+0
ECTS 5.0
Course Instructor(s) DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ ALTAN ONAT
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Prerequisites MAT2011 - Differential EquationsMAT2021 - Linear AlgebraMAT2093 - Engineering Mathematics
Courses Recomended None
Required or Recommended Resources 1) Burden, R. L., & Faires, J. D. (2005). Numerical Analysis (8th ed.). Thomson.2) Bober, W., & Stevens, A. (2013). Numerical and Analytical Methods with Matlab for Electrical Engineers. CRC Press.3) Esfandiari, R. S. (2013). Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists4) Gilat, A., & Subramaniam, V. (2014). Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists.5) Stewart, D. E. (2020). Numerical Analysis – A Graduate Course. Springer.6) Fox, W. P., & West, F. (2025). Numerical Methods and Analysis with Mathematical Modelling. CRC Press.7) Altaç, Z. (2025). Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers. CRC Press.8) Bakr, M. (2013). Nonlinear Optimization in Electrical Engineering with Applications in Matlab. IET.9) Arora, J. S. (2017). Introduction to Optimum Design (4th ed.). Elsevier.10) Rao, S. S. (2020). Engineering Optimization (5th ed.). Wiley.11) Corriou, J. P. (2021). Numerical Methods and Optimization. Springer.12) Stanimirovic, I. (2022). Advances in Optimization and Linear Programming. Taylor and Francis.13) Monteiro, & Meza. (2026). A Practical Guide to Optimization in Engineering and Data Science. Springer.14) Burkov, A. (2019). The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book.15) Deisenroth, M. P., Faisal, A. A., & Ong, C. S. (2020). Mathematics for Machine Learning. Cambridge University Press.16) Sridhar, S., & Vijayalakshmi, M. (2021). Machine Learning. Oxford Publishing.17) Nelson, H. (2023). Essential Math for AI. O'Reilly.18) Bohn, B., Griebel, M., & Rieger, C. (2024). Algorithmic Mathematics in Machine Learning. SIAM.19) Serrano, L. G. (2025). Grokking Machine Learning. Manning.
Recommended Reading List Any introductory textbook and paper related to numerical methods, engineering optimization and machine learning
Assessment methods and criteria Two midterm exams, one final exam
Work Placement None
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Review of the background and Introduction to numerical methods: Differential Equations, Matrix Analysis, Errors and Approximations, Solution of equations of a single variable
Week - 2 Curve fitting (approximation), interpolation and regression methods: Least Squares regression, Linear Regression, Linearization of nonlinear data, polynomial regression, spline interpolation, Fourier approximation and interpolation
Week - 3 Finite difference approximation of the derivative: Finite difference formulas for the derivative, Finite difference formulas using Taylor Series expansion, Differentiation using Lagrange Polynomials, Differentiation using curve fitting, Richardson extrapolation, Error in numerical differentiation, Summary of numerical differentiation
Week - 4 Numerical integration: Rectangle, midpoint, and trapezoidal methods (Newton-Cotes formulas), Simpson’s method, Gauss quadrature, Richardson extrapolation, Romberg integration, Summary of numerical integration
Week - 5 Ordinary differential equations – Initial value problems: Euler’s methods, Modified Euler’s method, Midpoint Method, Runge-Kutta Methods, Multi step methods
Week - 6 Ordinary differential equations – Boundary value problems: The shooting method, Finite difference method
Week - 7 Introduction to engineering optimization: Essential Mathematics for Optimization
Week - 8 Introduction to linear programming: Simplex method
Week - 9 Introduction to unconstrained nonlinear programming: Random search methods, Gradient descent method, Steepest descent method, Newton’s method
Week - 10 Introduction to constrained nonlinear programming: A basic approach to penalty function methods
Week - 11 Modern optimization methods: Genetic algorithms, Particle Swarm Optimization, Simulated Annealing and other methods.
Week - 12 Introduction to Machine Learning
Week - 13 Core Machine Learning Algorithms and Neural Networks
Week - 14 Core Machine Learning Algorithms and Neural Networks

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Question & Answer
  • Problem Solving
  • Competences
  • Productive
  • Rational
  • Questoning
  • Use time effectively
  • Abstract analysis and synthesis
  • Problem solving
  • Information Management
  • To work autonomously
  • Elementary computing skills

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
2.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 40
Toplam (%) 100
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