B2 model: A browsing behavior model based on High-Level Petri Nets to generate behavioral patterns for e-learning

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 12423-12440

  Chang, Yi Chun ^a   Huang, Ying Chia ^a   Chu, Chih Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

B2 model; Behavioral patterns; E learning; High Level Petri Nets

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; B2 MODEL; BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS; BROWSING BEHAVIOR; COLORED PETRI NETS; E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-LEVEL PETRI NETS; INTERNET USE; LEARNING CONTENTS; MODELING TOOL; TIME VARIABLE; TIMED PETRI NET;

GRAPH THEORY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PETRI NETS; STUDENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 69249215331     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.04.044     Document Type: Article

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