STUDENT ENROLLMENT ALLOCATION INTO ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS USING WEIGHTED GOAL PROGRAMMING

Nasruddin Hassan (School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor D.E., MALAYSIA)

Pattimura Proceeding : Conference of Science and Technology
2017: Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar of Basic Science

A weighted non-preemptive multi-criteria model is built to optimize the distribution of students into academic departments of a faculty by taking into account the limits of space capacity, financial allocation, the number of instructors and affirmative action quotas. Each constraint has a weight attached. This model is applied to the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. The successful application demonstrates the ability of the weighted non-preemptive model to comply with the student intake requirement and constraints of academic departments in the faculty.