The Design of an Intelligent Advising System

Abstract

Next to grading, student advising in selecting courses for coming semester involves some of the most weary arid difficult tasks that faculty encounter. Using computers makes the advising process more productive, and more pleasant, for both faculty and students. Using an expert system facilitates the enrollment process, where one can code the domain knowledge in the computer and link between it and the student records to provide the functions of a faculty advisor to student. This would help to reduce the tedium and improve the consistency in student advising.

In this research, we have chosen one of the most common methodologies in object-oriented software development; namely, Object Modeling Technique (OMT) developed by Rumbaugh to develop our system. We have developed a system called ISARS (Intelligent Student Advising and Registration System for Academic Advising). The proposed system will help an academic advisor at the Computer Studies Division of the American University in Cairo to advise students in selecting courses for the coming semester and register these students in those courses. Transcripts can be issued and the tuition fees due are reported.