Assigning students to academic majors

We address here the problem of assigning undergraduate students to academic major areas at a Middle-Eastern business school, which is quite different from what one usually faces in the West. Our formulation considers the student's preference in the light of his/her performance in certain bellwe...

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Published inOmega (Oxford) Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 513 - 523
Main Authors Saber, Hussein M., Ghosh, Jay B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Exeter Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2001
Elsevier
Elsevier Science Publishers
Pergamon Press Inc
SeriesOmega
Subjects
Application
Applied sciences
Career choice
College students
Colleges & universities
Education
Education Modeling Mathematical programming Application
Exact sciences and technology
General aspects
Management
Management science
Mathematical programming
Middle East
Modeling
Occupational training. Personnel. Work management
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
Studies
Universities and colleges
Middle East
Oman
Education
Modeling
Application
Mathematical programming
Student
Optimal allocation
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Summary:We address here the problem of assigning undergraduate students to academic major areas at a Middle-Eastern business school, which is quite different from what one usually faces in the West. Our formulation considers the student's preference in the light of his/her performance in certain bellwether courses and various practical constraints in arriving at an initial solution. We present a linear program that maximizes the overall value of the assignments to the students as well as the academic units concerned. We show through a real example how this approach has been implemented as one step in the major-assignment process.
ISSN:0305-0483
1873-5274
DOI:10.1016/S0305-0483(01)00041-X