Erkan Isikli

Istanbul Technical University · Department of Industrial Engineering

Academic papers are essential for researchers to communicate their work to their peers and industry experts. Quality research is published in prestigious scientific journals, and is considered as part of the hiring and promotion criteria at leading universities. Scientific journals conduct impartial and anonymous peer reviews of submitted manuscrip...

Bu çalışma, Türkiye'deki yeni mezun endüstri mühendislerinin iş seçim kararlarında dikkate aldıkları ölçütleri ve bunların etkisini değerlendirmek, bu sayede üniversitelere ve çeşitli kuruluşlara ilgili süreçlerini tasarlarken ön bilgi sağlamak amacıyla yapılmıştır. İlgili literatürde iş seçim kararlarını etkilediği tespit edilen faktörler, 2019-23...

It is critical to generate accurate power demand forecasts for balancing supply and demand, as well as for the efficient operation and management of electricity generation. Accurate forecasts can also help to prevent energy wastage, reduce operating costs, and minimize environmental impacts. Several approaches for this task have been proposed in th...

Accurate and reliable energy demand forecasting is essential for sustainable planning, operation, and control of energy systems in our ever-changing world, and it can assist planners and policymakers in making informed decisions to design more efficient power grids, identify cost-effective energy production methods, and optimize energy resource uti...

Giderek hayatımızda daha büyük yer edinen dijital eğlence, müşteri deneyimi ve davranışlarının yakından izlenmesi gereken bir alan haline gelmiştir. Taşınabilirliği sayesinde insanların herhangi bir mekânda ve zamanda eğlenmesine olanak sağlayan mobil oyunlar, çocuklar kadar yetişkinlere de hitap ederek daha kazançlı hale gelmiş; böylelikle mobil o...

The emergence of digital technologies has been changing how things are done in the workplace, in society, and even at home. Recent technological advancements enable the instantaneous recording, processing, and dissemination of information and therefore decision-making processes become more efficient and effective. Time series forecasting has been a...

Due to globalization, logistics has been constituting the main and capillary vessels of foreign trade. In today's global supply chains, better logistics systems allow for and facilitate the efficient flow of resources, goods and services. Since logistics plays an important role on countries’ economic growth, development and competitiveness, measuri...

Yapılandırılabilir ürün Yapılandırılabilir ürünler, önceden tanımlanmış ürün özelliklerinin çeşitli kombinasyonlarıdır. Bu ürünlerin imalatçıları için uzun dönem kârlılık ve müşteri memnuniyeti açısından en parlak ürün çeşitlerini belirlemek, özellikle stratejik bir öneme sahiptir. Çok sayıda ve derinlikte özniteliğe sahip olan yapılandırılabilir ü...

This paper analyzes the impact of climate change on Turkey’s residential, industrial and commercial electricity demand by applying the Structural Time Series Model. The model consists of explanatory variables and uses annual time series data for the period from 1980 to 2017. The variables included are electricity price, income per capita, urbanizat...

Growth in technology has accelerated in the last few decades, and therefore demand for energy has dramatically increased. This has also brought about a major problem called global warming. The scarcity of resources, indeed, have been compelling us to sustain energy with the adoption of cleaner energy practices and alternative ways that can help us...

There is an emerging need in understanding the trends and determinants of the medical tourism industry, which have a significant impact on the host country’s economy. Turkey’s popularity as an international tourism destination combined with the expertise of Turkish medical professionals and advanced technology available in the leading medical facil...

Engineers know that the ultimate goal in the process of designing, constructing and delivering products, processes and/or systems of which they are one of the most fundamental elements, is improving the quality of life and social welfare. They strive to use their productivity and ability to innovate for this purpose. The first engineers of modern t...

Short-term demand forecasting plays a pivotal role in a company’s success as it affects several decisions in the supply chain from procurement to stockpiling, and purchasing to distribution. The related literature is very rich in terms of demand estimation models; however, as in the case of configurable products, they usually suffer from the curse...

Healthcare and long waiting lists in developed countries. More people are traveling nowadays to developing countries to receive quality healthcare at lower costs. All the decision making and planning in any industry eventually rely on reliable forecasts. Thus, building a model that accurately reflects the nature and attributes of healthcare tourism...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution requires today's companies to bring the physical and digital world together to achieve a higher efficiency and gain competitive advantage. This transformation can be made possible using advanced technologies which has interdependencies on one another and their implementation can be best achieved using project manage...

Industrial engineering undergraduate programs have been favored by prospective students in Turkey mainly since their newly graduates can find employment relatively easily across a wide range of industries and sectors, from energy and finance, to automotive and health. As getting closer to graduation, undergraduate students of this program need to m...

By bringing various technological advances together, Industry 4.0 promises production systems to boost in productivity. The transformation of the existing production systems into an Industry 4.0 factory is a strategic and long-term undertaking which needs a high capital investment, training of personnel and change of the environment and the culture...

Providing a high quality of service in public transportation is essential to reduce dissatisfactions stemming from traffic congestion and noise. Public transport providers need to find ways to dilute the effects of immoderate use of private cars in big cities while maintaining a sufficient level of customer satisfaction. This study aimed to identif...

Solid waste management is regarded as one of the most stimulating matter by managers due to the incremental tendency of waste generation. Procuring consistent data on waste generation makes solid waste management a complex procedure. Therefore, the influencing characteristics that affect the outcomes of the waste system should be analyzed carefully...

This study focuses on the proposal of a recommender system for daily touristic plans. In order to construct such a system it is further examined that there is a need of text mining applications. Moreover, Sentiment Analysis and Keyword Extraction techniques are evaluated by developing and testing different approaches. Sentiment Analysis approaches...

Experimental design (DOE) is a well-developed methodology that has been frequently adopted for different purposes in a wide range of fields such as control theory, optimization, and intelligent decision making. The main objective of DOE is to best select experiments to estimate a set of parameters while consuming as little resources as possible. Th...

Smart phones are becoming indispensable for almost everyone, especially for youngsters. The degree of variety in the mobile application market is equally as important as the brand name and the hardware. Using various statistical techniques together in our exploratory study, we analyzed the perceived variety and usability in the mobile application m...

Due to rapid industrialization and urbanization, social economy develops in an unparalleled speed, while it certainly fosters the consumption of natural resources and the pressure to protect the ecological environment. Hence, there is a two-way relationship between the well-being of humans and the natural environment. In this study, link analysis t...

Research and technological innovation are two of the most important purposes of modern universities. In the US, following the Bayh-Dole Act, universities have established technology transfer offices (TTOs) to share their latest technologies and knowledge with other parties in the community and they are surveyed annually by the Association of Univer...

Voleybol, dinamizmi ve kendine has kurallarıyla son derece heyecanlı bir spordur. Son yıllarda, özellikle medyanın etkisiyle, daha çok izleyici voleybol maçlarına ilgi göstermeye başlamıştır. Bu çalışmada, temel amaç, voleybol maç sonuçlarının modellenmesi ve bir takımın başarısına etki eden etmenlerin belirlenmesidir. Takım başarısı, galibiyet dur...

Credit card frauds have caused millions of dollars loss each year and exposed the security weaknesses in traditional credit card processing system. Leading banks have been looking for more efficient techniques to determine and prevent credit card frauds. Smart cards are the product of a new technology, which helps to increase the security of the pa...

Global warming - the observed increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere and the oceans - and the resulting climate change are one of the most considerable environmental problems that the world has faced with in recent years. In this paper it is tried to cluster 46 countries according to their nuclear energy consumptions, geograp...