Optimal assembly of tests with item sets

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-240

  Van Der Linden, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constrained optimization; Heuristic test assembly; Mixed integer programming; Optimal test assembly; Pivot items; Set based test items

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034336352     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466210022031697     Document Type: Article

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