Decision support system for determining the activities of the study program using the Preference Selection Index

Abstract

Each year the study program carries out activities that have been planned through departmental meetings. However, study program activities that are not on target will result in less accreditation scores. Accreditation is a government effort to guarantee the quality of educational institutions. The value of accreditation determines the main assets in the field of education, the quality of study programs and the feasibility of graduates. Therefore, this study tries to provide a ranking formula for study program activities based on the assessment of study program accreditation forms. The system is built using one of type multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), namely the Preference Selection Index (PSI). PSI method using statistical concepts until preference index as a reference for alternative ranking. This developed system can help the department to recommend the main activities that can be done to support the efforts of the study program in achieving optimal accreditation values. Finally, it was concluded that the PSI method is the right method for problems that require decision support with a large number of attributes, such as the criteria used in recommendations for study program activities that have been adapted to the study program accreditation form assessment matrix.