Fuzzy Logic Approach in Determining Poor Families in the Poverty Database in Malang Districs

Abstract

Determination of poor families in the poverty database is still less than perfect. There is still no multi criteria decision making (MCDM) technique in the grouping of poor families, making the results of the criteria in grouping poor families still far from expectations. So, this article discusses the use of the multi criteria decision making (MCDM) technique for grouping poor families in the poverty database in the Malang district. Fuzzy logic is one technique of MCDM which is commonly used for affirmation of decisions. In a random sampling of 35 families taken from the Malang District poverty database, the classification that was originally obtained was only obtained by 2 (two) classifications of poor families, namely: very poor families and poor families. But after it was calculated using the Fuzzy Logic method, it was found 3 (three) classifications of poor families, namely very poor families, poor families, and almost poor families. The magnitude of the distribution of the poor family classification is: 17 (seventeen) very poor families which previously were 14 (fourteen), 17 (seventeen) families were categorized as poor families that were previously 21 (twenty one), and 1 (one) family in the category of near-poor families that were not previously found. With these results, it can be concluded that the Fuzzy Logic method can and is able to provide better and more diverse results in determining poor families in the Malang District poverty database.