FORECASTING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR SOME OF THE FACULTIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SABHA USING MATLAB APPLIED ON THE NEWTON FORWARD FORMULAS AND THE SPLINE INTERPOLATION

Abstract

This study deals with the ideal predictions of the number of students that are expected to be enrolled in some of the faculties of the University of Sabha for the next two years using two methods. The first method is Newton forward formulas Interpolation, and the second method is spline Interpolation and applying them to the Math lab. A comparison between these two methods is conducted. The faculties include in this study are: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry.The results showed errors in the rate within the expected values of increases as the years increase. In addition, that the Newton's forward method is better than cubic splines method because the splinesmethod Uses a third-order equation and has the property of oscillation, especially in distant predictions.