NMSU Advising and Degree Audit System



Checking the fulfillment of graduation requirements for a degree from an American university is a complex problem. In this project a logic programming approach is being used to develop a software system called NADA for analyzing a student's course grade transcript to verify that all the conditions for graduation are met. If the student is not eligible for graduation, the NADA system then acts as his/her advisor and suggests possible courses that the student can take in order to graduate. To date, this inference engine has been implemented along with an Internet accessible user interface developed in Java. The system is fully functional and has been specialized for use by students in the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University (NMSU). This work shows the ease with which logic programming systems can be crafted for complex problems. Other Participants: J. Mendez, A. Karshmer, J. Brown (Associate Dean of A\&S), R. Iglesias. This project is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences at NMSU.

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