A decision tree approach to predictive modeling of student performance in engineering dynamics

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Fang, Ning ^a   Jingui, L U ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision trees; Engineering dynamics; Multivariate regression; Predictive modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949538967     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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