An Expert Based Admission and Placement in Addis Ababa University

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1999-06

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Addis Ababa University

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Screening applicants needs matching of applicants' qualification with the requirements of different departments of a university. Addis Ababa University admits applicants to various programs every year. The Admission and Placement Committee (APC) is responsible for the placement of regular students who have completed the General Freshmen Program and for the admission of new applicants into the Extension program. The problem of admission into the university is constrained by the intake capacity of the departments. In addition, the university offers applicants five choices. If one of their choices fails, the others are considered Screening such a large number of applicants takes a considerable amount of time from highly trained faCIlity members. In addition, it creates a problem in accomplishing the task ill a specified time. The time of the staff can be saved by developing a knowledge-based system. 111 this research an attempt has been done to identify the problem and design the knowledge by taking the extension program applicants as an example. The study employed an interview and protocol analysis to acquire knowledge. Knowledge was acquired from the committee members; printed sources and manuals. Production rules has been used as a knowledge representation tool and was found to be appropriate. In order to show the viability of the expert system a prototype was developed using Knowledge Pro for Windows. Knowledge Pro was found appropriate though it has some limitations with the database toolkit. The developed prototype expert system has shown that it can match both applicants and departments and provide a list of suitable applicants with slimy for the committee members. This undoubtedly relieves experts from routine work.

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Information Science

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