Using integer programming to guide college admissions decisions: a preliminary report

  • Authors:
  • Eric Gottlieb

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

College admissions offices must balance a number of conflicting issues in deciding which applicants to admit. We discuss the variables, constraints, and issues involved in modeling the Admissions problem as an integer programming problem.