Title :
Decision model for a place to live at PSU: The case of international graduate students
Author :
Munkongsujarit, Songphon ; Schweinfort, Willi ; Iskin, Ibrahim ; Colon, Rafael ; Tanatammatorn, Napong ; Phopoonsak, Nuancharas ; Almobarak, Abdulrhman
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. & Technol. Manage., Portland State Univ., Portland, OR, USA
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates the use of decision models for the selection of a place to live for a new student who just came to Portland state university (PSU.) A hierarchical decision model (HDM) was selected as the tool and a model was constructed to meet the objective of selecting the best place to live. Cost, convenience, and safety were identified as the three goals in support of the objective. The criteria and sub-criteria were listed with respect to each goal. The alternatives were chosen for both on-campus and off-campus housings. The experts were selected from a group of international graduate students to quantify judgments based on the HDM model. Finally, utility values were used to compare the characteristics of the alternatives. The alternative with the highest score was identified as the best alternative.
Keywords :
decision theory; education; HDM model; PSU; Portland state university; hierarchical decision model; international graduate student; off-campus housing; on-campus housing; quantify judgment; student convenience; student living place; student safety; Cities and towns; Colon; Costs; Decision making; Phase change materials; Safety; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering & Technology, 2009. PICMET 2009. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
978-1-890843-20-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-890843-20-5
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2009.5262104
