Integration of Fuzzy C-Means and SAW Methods on Education Fee Assistance Recipients

Abstract

Every year, UMTAS gets a quota for KIP tuition fee assistance provided by KEMDIKBUD. This program is intended for high school / vocational/equivalent graduates from poor and vulnerable families. The evaluation results of its implementation have problems, including the number of applicants exceeding the quota given by KEMDIKBUD and some applicants coming from well-off families. This research uses the fuzzy c-means method for data clustering and the SAW method for ranking. The results of data grouping using the fuzzy c-means method obtained the first cluster (C1) of 72 data and the second cluster (C2) of 119 data. Group C1 is closer to the provisions of aid recipients (eligible) compared to data group C2 (ineligible) because Data C1 consists of 100% DTKS recipients, 50% KIP and KKS card owners, 100% parental income <750,000, 40.28% parental dependents >=2 people and 29.17% applicants with achievements. 72 registrant data included in Data C1 are then ranked using the SAW technique to get weights, and 30 data with the highest weight will be used as a decision on recipients of KIP-Kuliah Education fee assistance according to the quota provided. The optimization of Fuzzy C-Means with SAW methods in selecting recipients of education fee assistance is objective and right on target.