Design of Ontology the Automatic Electronic Advisor Systems for Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand

Abstract

The study of “Design of Ontology the Automatic Electronic Advisor Systems for Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand” with the objectives as follows (1) to design of ontology the automatic electronic advisor systems for private higher education institutions in Thailand and (2) to evaluate the design diagram of ontology the automatic electronic advisor systems for private higher education institutions in Thailand. The study separated into two stages. The first stage, gather the requirement of electronic advisor systems user by document analyses and depth interview with stakeholder. Second stage, design ontology from requirement of stakeholder by UML and then to evaluate the validity of the concept and accuracy of the design. The samples used in this study are experts in ontology and advisor in institution amount 13 persons by snowball sampling. The tools used in this study are closed-ended questionnaire with five-point rating scale. Statistics used to analyze data are mean and standard deviation. The results revealed as follows: (1) A stakeholder with electronic advisor systems consist three group are (1) Students (2) advisors and (3) officers (2) The design of ontology the automatic electronic advisor systems for private higher education institutions in Thailand consists a Use Case Diagram and Architectures Diagram, The design of the system is evaluate by 13 expert in ontology and were advisor as most appropriate.