Abstract:
Majors is one of the problems faced by the students in Madrasah Aliyah (MAN) Batam. Many
students who do not fit in choosing courses that lead to a variety of obstacles in the process of
learning one of which is a decrease of achievement. In this case one right solution to reduce the
problems majors amid technological development is to build a decision support system as the
TOPSIS method of calculation. This system uses the programming language PHP and Mysql as
database and apply in Madrasah Aliyah Batam. TOPSIS method is based on the criterion value
of report cards, test scores interests, aptitude test scores, and the value of intelligence tests, while
stages TOPSIS method is to make a decision matrix that is normalized, weighted normalized
decision matrix, the matrix determines the positive ideal solution and negative ideal solution, determine anatara distance matrix value of each alternative with positive ideal solution and
negative ideal solution, as well as determining the preference value for each alternative. Decision
support system has been created and is able to assist in the placement of students and also be
more optimal and more time efficient.
