Decision Making of Banana Varieties Based on Land in Samarinda Using ELECTRE Method

Abstract

Indonesia is an agrarian country, a country with fertile soil and rich in nutrients so that a lot of land that can be used as agricultural land for a variety of plants one of which is a banana plant. Banana is a plant that has a good adaptability to the condition of water shortage, so that many planted bananas in dry land in East Kalimantan. Despite having good adaptability but some varieties of bananas cannot grow on certain lands. Utilization of Decision Support Systems (DSS) as one of the computerized intelligent systems can be used to help make decisions quickly, accurately and consistently. The system was developed by applying the ELECTRE method where the criteria used were soil type, rainfall, soil fertility level, and soil pH. Alternative bananas used there were 10 types of Ambon Banana, Kepok Banana, Mas Banana, Nangka Banana, Lampung Banana, Raja Banana, Tanduk Banana, Awak Banana, Merah Banana, and Barangan Banana. The system successfully selected banana varieties to the land in Samarinda, where the best variety of selected varieties was Raja Banana.