Assigning Students to Groups: A Multi‐Criteria Decision Support System Approach*
提出MCADSS多准则分配决策支持系统，根据多个标准最大化组内多样性并最小化组间差异，用于将MBA学生分配到班级和学习小组，已在欧洲工商管理学院应用。
ABSTRACT MCADSS is a multi‐criteria allocation decision support system for assisting in the task of allocating students to groups. Based on multiple criteria, MCADSS's goal is to maximize the diversity of members within groups, while minimizing the average differences between groups. The project may be viewed from several perspectives: as a multi‐criteria decision‐making problem, as a “reverse'’clustering problem, or as a personnel assignment problem. The system is currently being used to allocate M.B.A. students into sections and study teams at The European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD). This paper describes the rationale for MCADSS, design criteria, system methodology, and application results. It also suggests how this approach could be used for further applications.