Artificial neural network-based performance assessments

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-313

  Stevens, R ^a   Ikeda, J ^b   Casillas, A ^a   Palacio Cayetano, J ^c   Clyman, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Francis Polytechnic High School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0032674520     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(99)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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