Model management system for IRT-based test construction decision support system

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 443-458

  Wu, Ing Long ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS;

ITEM RESPONSE THEORY (IDT); MODEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (MMS);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033882207     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(99)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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