An Expert Based Admission and Placement in Addis Ababa University
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1999-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
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