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Resources Allocation in Higher Education based on System Dynamics and Genetic Algorithms

by Sherif E. Hussein, Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 77 - Number 10
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Sherif E. Hussein, Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr
10.5120/13434-1136

Sherif E. Hussein, Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr . Resources Allocation in Higher Education based on System Dynamics and Genetic Algorithms. International Journal of Computer Applications. 77, 10 ( September 2013), 40-48. DOI=10.5120/13434-1136

@article{ 10.5120/13434-1136,
author = { Sherif E. Hussein, Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr },
title = { Resources Allocation in Higher Education based on System Dynamics and Genetic Algorithms },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { September 2013 },
volume = { 77 },
number = { 10 },
month = { September },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 40-48 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume77/number10/13434-1136/ },
doi = { 10.5120/13434-1136 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr
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%P 40-48
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Market economy simulation is used to understand economic phenomena and to analyze social systems. Simulation is also used as a method for conducting virtual experiments or to test hypotheses in the real market. System Dynamics simulation was used here in order to understand the relationships between different design factors that emerged in the behavior of the education quality model. Education quality control is considered a difficult task, as few policy-makers have adequate tools to aid their understanding of how various policy formulations affect this complex, socio-technical system. Thus, the model of each factor was kept simple and complexity arose from the interaction between those factors. The research also compared between normal quality management for budget distribution and optimized budget distribution and their effect on quality.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Education quality Total Quality Management Supply Chain Management System Dynamics Genetic Algorithms