Genetic algorithms for courseware engineering

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 7 A, 2011, Pages 3981-4026

  De Marcos, Luis ^a   Martínez, José Javier ^a   Gutiérrez, José Antonio ^a   Barchino, Roberto ^a   Hilera, José Ramón ^a   Otón, Salvador ^a   Gutierrez, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Courseware engineering; E learning; Evolutionary computation; Genetic algorithm; Learning object; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

BROKEN DOWN; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEMS; COURSEWARE; COURSEWARE ENGINEERING; EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATIONS; GAP ANALYSIS; LEARNING CONTENTS; LEARNING OBJECTS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; REUSABLE LEARNING OBJECT; SEQUENCING; SEQUENCING PROBLEMS; TEST CASE;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; METADATA; SEARCH ENGINES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79959886011     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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