ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS FACED BY POOR RURAL STUDENTS STUDYING IN CHENNAI CITY COLLEGES USING FCM MODELS

摘要

In this paper for the first time we study the problems faced by poor rural students studying in Chennai city colleges using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) model. This paper has four sections. In section, one the problems faced by these students as taken from data collected from them is described and justification for using FCMs is also given. Section two briefly describes the FCM model. Section three gives the two FCM models given by students and the teachers. The hidden pattern and the conclusions based on this study is given in the final section.