Mobile Decision Support System To Take Into Account Qualitative Estimation By The Criteria

The paper is devoted to the improvement of the mobile-based decision support system (DSS) based on the modified heuristic Smart method for Android platform for solving the multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems in which the criteria’s estimates can be either quantitative or qualitative in nature and display the presence or absence of relevant characteristics. The three- layer architecture was used when developing this mobile-based DSS for reuse of code: presentation level, application level and data level. Changes were made in the decision-making subsystem at the application level. It was proposed the modified heuristic Smart method improvement to take into account the criteria whose estimates can be either quantitative or qualitative character and display the presence and absence of relevant characteristics. The implementation of the improved modified heuristic Smart method is described. The developed improved mobile decision support system was applied to the task of choice by the students the courses for their inclusion in the educational process. A criterion as the relevance of skills and knowledge that students will receive as a result of studying course was taken into account. It allowed students to receive support in the choice of courses offline, using mobile devices, at any convenient time, to include courses in the individual training plan.