An application for admission in public school systems ∗
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چکیده
An application of expert systems for admission procedures in public school systems is presented in this chapter. The specific problem under consideration is selection of applicants for public nursery schools. The selection is supported by an expert system which evaluates, classifies and ranks applications. The main emphasis is on explanation of the underlying knowledge and solutions, suggested by the system. The system has been developed using DECMAK, an expert system shell for multi-attribute decision making. This chapter presents: the background of the selection problem, a brief overview of the DECMAK shell, description of the expert system and its development, practical results, and the impact of normativity to the results.
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