A new method for domain independent curriculum sequencing: A case study in a web engineering master program

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 632-645

  Marcos, Luis De ^a   Barchino, Roberto ^a   Martinez, José Javier ^a   Gutiérez, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

E learning; Learning object; Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO); Sequencing; Swarm intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949141230     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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