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Course Advisory and Results Expert System (CARES): An Implementation of FMI Course Auto-Scheduling Algorithm

by Fale Mantim Innocent, Abdulsalam Ya'u Gital, Iliya Nengak Sitlong
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 179 - Number 5
Year of Publication: 2017
Authors: Fale Mantim Innocent, Abdulsalam Ya'u Gital, Iliya Nengak Sitlong
10.5120/ijca2017915936

Fale Mantim Innocent, Abdulsalam Ya'u Gital, Iliya Nengak Sitlong . Course Advisory and Results Expert System (CARES): An Implementation of FMI Course Auto-Scheduling Algorithm. International Journal of Computer Applications. 179, 5 ( Dec 2017), 6-13. DOI=10.5120/ijca2017915936

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author = { Fale Mantim Innocent, Abdulsalam Ya'u Gital, Iliya Nengak Sitlong },
title = { Course Advisory and Results Expert System (CARES): An Implementation of FMI Course Auto-Scheduling Algorithm },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Dec 2017 },
volume = { 179 },
number = { 5 },
month = { Dec },
year = { 2017 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 6-13 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume179/number5/28730-2017915936/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2017915936 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%A Abdulsalam Ya'u Gital
%A Iliya Nengak Sitlong
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%J International Journal of Computer Applications
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%P 6-13
%D 2017
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Course advisement and results computation are tedious, time-consuming and exhaustive jobs; yet they are necessary as students’ performance/success is partly due to them. These jobs engulf cumbersome tasks ranging from course scheduling to guidance and counseling, and then the computation of Grade Point Average (GPA) for students. Improper and untimely advising or computation of results may hinder a student from timely graduation. This paper proposes the FMI course auto-scheduling algorithm which was implemented in an application called “Nixz” – a Course Advisory and Results Expert System (CARES). The inference engine of Nixz, which was programmed using Python, is a hybrid of Rule-Based Reasoning (RBR) and Case-Based Reasoning (CBR). Nixz was built to house both prescriptive and developmental advising models. Nixz reasons through forward chaining. The other programmable components of Nixz were built in C#.NET using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. The knowledge base of Nixz was built using Microsoft SQL Server 2012.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Academic Advising Course Advisor Expert System Knowledge-Based System

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