A particle swarm optimization approach to composing serial test sheets for multiple assessment criteria

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 3-15

  Yin, Peng Yeng ^a   Chang, Kuang Cheng ^a   Hwang, Gwo Jen ^b   Hwang, Gwo Haur ^c   Chan, Ying ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^c LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer assisted assessment; Computer assisted testing; Particle swarm optimization; Serial test sheet composing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746903105     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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