Selection of Superior Nile Tilapia Seeds Using Weighted Product Method

Abstract

Nile tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) in Indonesia is an economical fish because of the easy way of cultivation and the popular taste so that nile tilapia is one of the fish that is often consumed in Indonesia. The great interest in public consumption of nile tilapia has made this nile tilapia cultivation business develop rapidly, both on a large and small scale. For this reason, decision support is needed in the selection of superior nile tilapia seeds to produce good nile tilapia. The decision support system uses the weighted product method by considering 6 criteria such as fish weight, fish length, fish movement, physical defects, fish color, and fish belly condition. With 15 data used in the decision support system for selecting superior nile tilapia seeds, it produces an accuracy of 86.6%.