Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Seleksi Penerima Beasiswa Menggunakan Metode Weighted Product

Abstract

Scholarship is financial aid or support funded or facilitated by foundations, government, educational institutions, or companies to provide students with educational financial assistance. Based on an interview with the Head of the Al-Kautsar Modern Islamic Boarding School, there are several issues in determining the recipients of the school's operational assistance fund. The school only selects candidates based on a few criteria, making the selection process less complex. There is a high similarity in data at the level of eligibility for scholarship recipients. There is no weighting on the evaluation variables, making priority criteria unknown. The purpose of this study is to analyze and implement the Weighted Product (WP) method in the scholarship selection process to assist the Head of School in making the right decisions. This method helps evaluate the alternatives using predetermined criteria and provides the best decision recommendations. The WP method uses multiplication to link attribute ratings, where each attribute rating must be raised to the appropriate weight. The result of this study is the implementation of the WP method into a decision support system application to assist the scholarship selection process at the Al-Kautsar Islamic Modern Boarding School