A genetic fuzzy expert system for automatic question classification in a competitive learning environment

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7471-7478

  Verdú, Elena ^a   Verdú, María J ^a   Regueras, Luisa M ^a   De Castro, Juan P ^a   García, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic question classification; Competitive learning; Educational technology; Fuzzy systems; Genetic algorithms; Intelligent tutoring systems

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT; COMPETITIVE ACTIVITY; COMPETITIVE LEARNING; E-LEARNING PLATFORMS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEERING COURSE; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS; GENETIC-FUZZY; INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE LEVEL; LEARNING PROCESS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; QUESTION CLASSIFICATION; SEQUENCING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84857643386     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.01.115     Document Type: Article

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