A comparison of decision-theoretic, fixed-policy and random tutorial action selection

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4053 LNCS, Issue , 2006, Pages 114-123

  Murray, R Charles ^a   VanLehn, Kurt ^b  

^a Carnegie Learning Inc   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION THEORY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STUDENTS;

FIXED-POLICY TUTOR (FT); NON-TRIVIAL COMPETITORS; RANDOM TUTOR (RT); RANDOM TUTORIAL ACTION; STUDENT INTERACTIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 33746381489     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11774303_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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