A SIMULATION MODEL OF THE COLLEGE ADMISSION PROCESS.

UNIVERSITY & college admission; COMPUTER simulation; SIMULATION methods & models; CONVERSATION analysis; STATISTICAL sampling; INFORMATION theory; UNIVERSITY & college administration

A computer simulation model, capable of operating in a conversational mode, was developed to enable a college admissions director to evaluate the outcome of a given decision policy before its actual implementation. A major advantage of this work is that it recognizes the uncertainty of the parameters in the admissions process, and includes a systematic sampling procedure for developing more accurate estimates of the parameters as new information is received. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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