| dc.description.abstract | In Vietnam, students who desire to pursue their higher education by going to a university
after graduating high school, face a complicated process. Similarly, universities have to
constantly ensure that they set reasonable quotas and thresholds, as well as recruit a
decent amount of high-achieving students. There are a few studies in Vietnam looking
into the factors that influence a student’s choice in university, using statistics to deliver
their conclusions. However, none of the studies look into the dynamic interaction
between students and universities throughout the university application process in
Vietnam. Hence, this thesis aims to develop an Agent-based model capable of
simulating this dynamic process, limited within Logistics & Supply Chain Management
(LSCM), and Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) major in Vietnam National
University (VNU) Ho Chi Minh City. The model considers different factors that impact
both students and universities in making their decisions throughout the application
process, such as students’ academic performance, their perceived quality of the
university and the university's desired number of enrolled students. The results show
that the model worked largely as expected, and was validated using real world data from
International University (HCMIU). Different experiments can be performed on the
ABM such as predicting the result of the university application process in the near
future, impact of changes of student’s perceived quality of the university program
changes, or changes in the grade distribution of the aptitude test. However, the model
still has limitations due to the lack of data from the other university under VNU that also
offers similar programs as well as the assumed probability distributions of certain
parameters. | en_US |
