DESIGNING A DSS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT

Vasile Paul Bresfelean, Nicolae Ghisoiu, Ramona Lacurezeanu, Mirela Pop, Miranda Vlad, Ovidiu Veres

2009

Abstract

In order to achieve quality in education there is a need to optimally combine a complex of factors for the education system to be developed to highest standards. Competitiveness of higher education institutions is closely related to the development of information technologies, as key factor for future European citizens, to beneficiate from The European Higher Education Area and the collaboration in education. Data mining thus appears as one of the opportunities that have been less exploited, but whose application increases steadily, to solve various problems by analyzing data already present in the databases of various institutions. One of the viable solutions to support decision makers may possibly be the decisions support systems (DSS) which integrate specific tools to assist decision together with those of general use to form a constituent part of the institutions’ information system. In this paper the authors present the design of a DSS which integrates data mining technologies, with the purpose to assist the managers of higher education institutions in quality decision-making processes.

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Paul Bresfelean V., Ghisoiu N., Lacurezeanu R., Pop M., Vlad M. and Veres O. (2009). DESIGNING A DSS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8111-82-1, pages 335-340. DOI: 10.5220/0002012603350340


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu09,
author={Vasile Paul Bresfelean and Nicolae Ghisoiu and Ramona Lacurezeanu and Mirela Pop and Miranda Vlad and Ovidiu Veres},
title={DESIGNING A DSS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2009},
pages={335-340},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002012603350340},
isbn={978-989-8111-82-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - DESIGNING A DSS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
SN - 978-989-8111-82-1
AU - Paul Bresfelean V.
AU - Ghisoiu N.
AU - Lacurezeanu R.
AU - Pop M.
AU - Vlad M.
AU - Veres O.
PY - 2009
SP - 335
EP - 340
DO - 10.5220/0002012603350340