Operation research project

SEMI 4823
PROF. MADYA DR. SYED AHMAD HELMI BIN SYED
HASSAN

NAME MATRICS NO.

MUHAMMAD AMIRUL IMAN BIN MOHD RUSHDAN A19EM0529

SHAH INDRAWAN BIN RAHMAN A19EM0425

ARGYA RAFI SEPUTRO A19EM0579

NABIL OMAR SAEED ALHAGRI A19EM0615

 BACKGROUND STUDY

• Many students who want to live off campus will face problems since they will have less experience,
especially in choosing which residence is better. Many international students in UTM prefer living outside
the campus more than inside the campus, however there some international students prefer to live inside the
campus. For those who want to live inside the campus, they might face a problem that there will be no place
for him to live outside, or the university might force him to live outside depending on their laws. In this
project, we will help UTM international students in choosing which is the best residence to live in based on
several criterias.
 OBJECTIVES

• This project is to design a model solution and analysis on different locations of residence located outside the
UTM for UTM students, especially the foreign students that are not able to get a college within the UTM.
By using the operation research method, the project is to help the students make decisions about the most
suitable residence for living within budget constraints.
 MYTHODOLGY

• MAKE A GOOGLE FORM SO STUDENTS CAN ASK QUESTION

• COLLECT AND SORT THE DATA
• APPLY OPERATION RESEARCH TECHNEUQUES WHICH ARE DECISION TREE AND
ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS
• COCLUDE WHICH RESIDENCE IS THE BEST
 DATA COLLECTION

Residence  Average range  rental fees(RM) Residence Transportation cost

D’summit 1150-1400 D’summit 225-375

Desa Apartment 1105-1363 Desa Apartment 122-272

Melana 1056-1306 Melana 50-200

Melawis 1042-1292 Melawis 90-240

The Garden Residence 1250-1517 The Garden Residence 245-395

Residence  Monthly budget

D’summit 1000-1500
Desa Apartment 947-1447
Melana 611-1111
Melawis 583-1083
The Garden Residence 957-1457
 FORMULATION MODEL DECISION MAKING WITH PROBABILITIES

• Since our scope is to give suggestions on which one is suitable with their budget, that’s why we need to
achieve the lowest cost for international students’ residence, we need to decide which one is having the
criteria that we already show by considering factors that occur in it by using Decision Making with
Probabilities Method.

  RESIDENCE
Rent Cost (In RM)
RESIDENCE Transportation Cost (In RM)

Poor Condition Good Condition (0.7) Poor Condition (0.3)

Good Condition (0.7) (0.3)
D'summit 225 375
D'summit 1150 1400
Desa apartment 1105 1363 Desa apartment 122 272

Melana 1056 1306 Melana 50 200

Melawis 1042 1292 Melawis 90 240

The Garden Residence 1250 1517
The Garden Residence 245 395
 • Comparison on matrix for cost, comfortableness, services and matrix criteria

  Cost

Comfortableness
Residence A B C D E

1 0.333 0.250 0.333 0.500 Residence A B C D E

A
A 1.00 0.25 0.33 0.33 2.00
3.000 1 0.333 0.500 3.000
B
B 4.00 1.00 0.50 0.33 4.00
4.000 3.000 1 3.000 5.000
C 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.50 3.00
C
3.000 2.000 0.333 1 4.000
D D 3.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 2.00

2.000 0.333 0.200 0.250 1 0.50 0.25 0.33 0.50 1.00

E E

  Services Criteria Cost Comfortableness Services

Residence A B C D E
Cost 1.000 0.500 0.333
A 1.00 3.00 2.00 4.00 3.00
Comfortableness 2.000 1.000 4.000
B 0.33 1.00 3.00 4.00 2.00
Services 3.000 0.250 1.000
C 0.50 0.33 1.00 3.00 2.00

D 0.25 0.25 0.33 1.00 1.00

E 0.33 0.50 0.50 1.00 1.00

DECISION TREE ANALYSIS

RESIDENCE Result Good Report (In RM) RESIDENCE Result Poor Report (In RM)

S+ G S- P

D'summit 1375 962.5 D'summit 1775 532.5

Desa apartment 1227 858.9 Desa apartment 1635 490.5

Melana 1106 774.2 Melana 1506 451.8

Melawis 1132 792.4 Melawis 1532 459.6

The Garden Residence 1495 1046.5 The Garden Residence 1912 573.6

RESIDENCE Result for Good & Poor (in RM)

G P ∑Total
D'summit 962.5 532.5 1495
Desa apartment 858.9 490.5 1349.4
Melana 774.2 451.8 1226
Melawis 792.4 459.6 1252
The Garden
Residencs 1046.5 573.6 1620.1
CONSISTENCY IN AHP ANALYSIS
RESULT FROM AHP METHOD
 DISCUSSION

• By using Decision tree analysis, Based on the deterministic solution, we can decide on the best residence
option for international students by considering their budget. In this process, we have taken into account
several factors such as location, amenities, and cost. After evaluating all the options and analysing the
data, it becomes clear that Melana Apartment has the lowest cost to rent among all the options.
• By using AHP analysis method, AHP is done based on three criteria which are transportation cost,
comfortableness and services. The criteria is listed by the importance of it to the students respectively.
Other than that, the data for the AHP is validated by the consistency of the pairwise comparisons for the
residences and its criterion using the consistency index (CI). The CI needs to be less than or equal to zero
for the data to show consistency. Since the CI/RI value needs to be lower or equal to 0.1, and the result
shows the value to be less than that of it, this shows that the AHP results are consistent.
 CONCLUSION

In conclusion, Melana Apartment may have the lowest cost to rent, but it's important to consider all
factors before making a final decision. By considering cost, location, amenities and other factors,
we can ensure that the selected residence option is the best fit for the international students while
also being affordable within their budget and also by calculating the consistency with the ratio of
consistency index to the random index, the results obtained is 0.06 which are below 0.1 indicating
that the AHP result is consistent.