Abstract
International comparisons of educational systems are commonly practiced using subjective methods available in literature. The use of subjective methods can lead to non-standard ranking; each individual investigator inputs his or her own subjective judgment when assigning weights to measurements in each class. The complied results differ with large variations. A mathematical evaluation method based on concept of Paretooptimal organization is proposed for this study. This method is easy to apply and uses linear programming model. The weights for various measurements are determined through an objective method. We illustrate our methodology in a comparison of the educational systems of twenty-one industrialized countries.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS) |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2009 |
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Keywords
- Pareto optimization
- education systems
- international comparison
- linear programming
- multiple objective decision making
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Comparative Analysis of International Education Systems. / Wang, John; Xia, Jun; Hollister, Kimberly; Wang, Yawei.
In: International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS), Vol. 1, No. 1, 01.2009, p. 1-14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative Analysis of International Education Systems
AU - Wang, John
AU - Xia, Jun
AU - Hollister, Kimberly
AU - Wang, Yawei
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - International comparisons of educational systems are commonly practiced using subjective methods available in literature. The use of subjective methods can lead to non-standard ranking; each individual investigator inputs his or her own subjective judgment when assigning weights to measurements in each class. The complied results differ with large variations. A mathematical evaluation method based on concept of Paretooptimal organization is proposed for this study. This method is easy to apply and uses linear programming model. The weights for various measurements are determined through an objective method. We illustrate our methodology in a comparison of the educational systems of twenty-one industrialized countries.
AB - International comparisons of educational systems are commonly practiced using subjective methods available in literature. The use of subjective methods can lead to non-standard ranking; each individual investigator inputs his or her own subjective judgment when assigning weights to measurements in each class. The complied results differ with large variations. A mathematical evaluation method based on concept of Paretooptimal organization is proposed for this study. This method is easy to apply and uses linear programming model. The weights for various measurements are determined through an objective method. We illustrate our methodology in a comparison of the educational systems of twenty-one industrialized countries.
KW - Pareto optimization
KW - education systems
KW - international comparison
KW - linear programming
KW - multiple objective decision making
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DO - 10.4018/jisss.2009010101
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VL - 1
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS)
JF - International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS)
SN - 1935-5688
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