Using similarity measures for collaborating groups formation: A model for distance learning environments

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 626-636

  Pollalis, Yannis A ^a   Mavrommatis, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Military Academy   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clustering methods; Collaboration; Distance learning; Education; Group technology; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; E-LEARNING; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

ADAPTATION TECHNIQUES; ALGORITHMIC APPROACH; AUTOMATIC CREATIONS; CLUSTERING METHODS; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATION SUPPORT; DISTANCE LEARNING; E-LEARNING SYSTEMS; EDUCATIONAL PACKAGE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING OBJECTS; OPTIMAL VALUES; SIMILARITY COEFFICIENTS; SIMILARITY MEASURES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 53049097047     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.11.053     Document Type: Article

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