Constructing optimal educational tests using GMDH-based item ranking and selection

Neurocomputing

Volumn 72, Issue 4-6, 2009, Pages 1184-1197

  Abdel Aal, Radwan E ^a   El Alfy, El Sayed M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Abductive networks; Educational measurements; Feature ranking; Feature selection; Filter methods; Genetic algorithms; GMDH algorithm; Item response theory; Machine learning; Mutual information; Neural networks; Optimal test design; Wrapper methods

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTIVE NETWORKS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; FEATURE RANKING; FEATURE SELECTION; FILTER METHODS; GMDH ALGORITHM; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MACHINE LEARNING; MUTUAL INFORMATION; OPTIMAL TEST DESIGN; WRAPPER METHODS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA HANDLING; EDUCATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBOT LEARNING; STATISTICAL TESTS; TESTING; VEGETATION;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFIER; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACHINE LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 58149456912     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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