Randomness and clustering of responses in online learning networks

Proceedings of the Sixth IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet, and Information Technology, CIIT 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 11-15

  Aviv, Reuven ^a   Erlich, Zippy ^a   Ravid, Gilad ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b School of Pharmacy

Author keywords

Clustering; Distance education; Online learning networks; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ONLINE DISTANCE EDUCATION; ONLINE LEARNING NETWORKS; RANDOM CHOICES;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 38449111221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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