Reinforcement learning of pedagogical policies in adaptive and intelligent educational systems

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-270

  Iglesias, Ana ^a   Martínez, Paloma ^a   Aler, Ricardo ^a   Fernández, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive and intelligent educational systems; Artificial intelligence applied to intelligent tutoring systems; Distance learning; Reinforcement Learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE AND INTELLIGENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; DISTANCE LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; INITIAL VALUES; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; VALUE FUNCTIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; E-LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; STUDENTS;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 67349111810     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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