التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
A linear programming approach for placement of applicants to academic programs. |
| المؤلفون: |
Kassa BA; College of Business & Economics, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. |
| المصدر: |
SpringerPlus [Springerplus] 2013 Dec 19; Vol. 2, pp. 682. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 19 (Print Publication: 2013). |
| نوع المنشور: |
Journal Article |
| اللغة: |
English |
| بيانات الدورية: |
Publisher: SpringerPlus Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101597967 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 2193-1801 (Print) Linking ISSN: 21931801 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Springerplus Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: |
Original Publication: Switzerland : SpringerPlus |
| مستخلص: |
This paper reports a linear programming approach for placement of applicants to study programs developed and implemented at the college of Business & Economics, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. The approach is estimated to significantly streamline the placement decision process at the college by reducing required man hour as well as the time it takes to announce placement decisions. Compared to the previous manual system where only one or two placement criteria were considered, the new approach allows the college's management to easily incorporate additional placement criteria, if needed. Comparison of our approach against manually constructed placement decisions based on actual data for the 2012/13 academic year suggested that about 93 percent of the placements from our model concur with the actual placement decisions. For the remaining 7 percent of placements, however, the actual placements made by the manual system display inconsistencies of decisions judged against the very criteria intended to guide placement decisions by the college's program management office. Overall, the new approach proves to be a significant improvement over the manual system in terms of efficiency of the placement process and the quality of placement decisions. |
| فهرسة مساهمة: |
Keywords: Educational planning; Linear programming; Management science; Student placement |
| تواريخ الأحداث: |
Date Created: 20140104 Date Completed: 20140103 Latest Revision: 20211021 |
| رمز التحديث: |
20231215 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: |
PMC3874138 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/2193-1801-2-682 |
| PMID: |
24386626 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
MEDLINE |
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