Manual assignment achieved the highest average student preference toward assigned projects, with the algorithm competitive and both substantially above random assignment¶
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q2 i? On Average Preference Toward Assigned Project, manual assignment scored highest, the algorithm performed competitively, and both exceeded the random baseline. → Brandon Pardi 2026
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Brandon Pardi 2026¶
Brandon Pardi, Garret Castro, Michael Pisman, Avash Adhikari, and Santosh Chandrasekhar. (2026). Improving Capstone Team Outcomes through Dynamic Skill Matching and Preference Alignment. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.15572 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2606.15572
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Results section comparison on the same UC Merced capstone datasets (Fall 2023 and Spring 2024). The article states the manual approach "achieved the highest average" preference metric with the algorithm competitive; Table 2B shows both manual and algorithmic approaches well above random (e.g., 87.2 vs 58.2 in Fall 2023).
"Table 2B shows the average values of theAverage Preference Toward Assigned Projectcomputed across all projects for both semesters under consideration. Among the three assignment strategies, the manual approach achieved the highest averageStudent Preference Toward Assigned Projectmetric, with our algorithm performing competitively."
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Related Claims¶
- Manual team formation required over 20 hours of instructor effort, while the algorithm produced assignments in milliseconds — related
- A dynamic skill-weighted matching algorithm achieves higher percentage of skills fulfilled than manual and random assignment across both evaluated semesters — related
- MAB assignment yields higher average rewards (student outcomes) than uniform random assignment during experiments — related
- Former capstone students' team-formation priorities centered on interesting topics, preferred teammates, and skill or career alignment — related
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Manual assignment achieved the highest average student preference toward assigned projects, with the algorithm competitive and both substantially above random assignment |
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Manual assignment achieved the highest average student preference toward assigned projects, with the algorithm competitive and both substantially above random assignment |
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