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Assigning Students to Groups: A Multi‐Criteria Decision Support System Approach *
Author(s) -
Weitz Rob R.,
Jelassi M. Tawfik
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1992.tb00415.x
Subject(s) - task (project management) , computer science , diversity (politics) , decision support system , operations research , cluster analysis , group decision making , management science , knowledge management , process management , machine learning , artificial intelligence , psychology , business , mathematics , management , economics , political science , social psychology , law
MCADSS is a multi‐criteria allocation decision support system for assisting in the task of allocating students to groups. Based on multiple criteria, MCADSS's goal is to maximize the diversity of members within groups, while minimizing the average differences between groups. The project may be viewed from several perspectives: as a multi‐criteria decision‐making problem, as a “reverse'’clustering problem, or as a personnel assignment problem. The system is currently being used to allocate M.B.A. students into sections and study teams at The European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD). This paper describes the rationale for MCADSS, design criteria, system methodology, and application results. It also suggests how this approach could be used for further applications.