Student proof exercises using MathsTiles and isabelle/HOL in an intelligent book

Journal of Automated Reasoning

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-218

  Billingsley, William ^a   Robinson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intelligent book; Isabelle; MathsTiles

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; E-LEARNING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMBER THEORY; STUDENTS;

INTELLIGENT BOOKS; PROOF ASSISTANTS;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548244558     PISSN: 01687433     EISSN: 15730670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10817-007-9072-3     Document Type: Article

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