Journal of Information Systems and Informatics
Vol 8 No 3 (2026): June

A Hybrid SEM-PLS and ANN Approach for Predicting Student Loyalty in Higher Education Learning Management Systems

Hamidah (Institut Sains dan Bisnis Atma Luhur)
Sarwindah (Institut Sains dan Bisnis Atma Luhur)
Hengki (Institut Sains dan Bisnis Atma Luhur)
Tri Sugihartono (Institut Sains dan Bisnis Atma Luhur)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Jun 2026

Abstract

This study aims to develop a hybrid Structural Equation Modeling–Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach to analyze student loyalty in Learning Management Systems (LMS) at ISB Atma Luhur. Data were collected from 200 students at ISB Atma Luhur, representing a single-institution sample, and analyzed using SEM-PLS to examine causal relationships and ANN (Multilayer Perceptron) implemented in SPSS to support predictive analysis. The model includes e-service quality, user experience, information quality, and system quality as predictors of satisfaction and loyalty. The SEM-PLS results show that E-Service Quality (β = 0.350), System Quality (β = 0.170), and User Experience (β = 0.292) significantly affect Satisfaction, whereas Information Quality is not statistically significant (p = 0.054). Satisfaction positively influences Loyalty (β = 0.360), and User Experience has the strongest direct effect on Loyalty (β = 0.484). The model explains a substantial proportion of variance (R² = 0.717 and 0.631) with positive Q² values (0.460 and 0.379). Across ten independent runs, the ANN model achieved an average accuracy of 84.88% (SD = 2.82) and an average AUC of 0.949 (SD = 0.003), indicating stable predictive performance, indicating promising predictive performance under the current testing configuration. The findings provide context-specific explanatory and predictive insights into student loyalty in LMS, however, they should be interpreted with caution due to discriminant-validity limitations and the single-institution setting of the study.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

isi

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

Journal-ISI is a scientific article journal that is the result of ideas, great and original thoughts about the latest research and technological developments covering the fields of information systems, information technology, informatics engineering, and computer science, and industrial engineering ...