Preventing student dropout in distance learning using machine learning techniques

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2774 PART 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 267-274

  Kotsiantis, S B ^a   Pierrakeas, C J ^a   Pintelas, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DISTANCE EDUCATION; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

DEMOGRAPHIC; LEARNING TECHNIQUES; MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES; STUDENT DROPOUTS; HIGH PROBABILITY; INFORMATICS; NAIVE-BAYES ALGORITHM; OPEN UNIVERSITIES; SUPPORT TOOL; WEB BASED;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 8344235939     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-45226-3_37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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