Hybrid recommendation approach for learning material based on sequential pattern of the accessed material and the learner's preference tree

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-69

  Salehi, Mojtaba ^a   Nakhai Kamalabadi, Isa ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Association rules; Collaborative filtering; E learning; Learning material; Personalized recommendation; Sequential pattern mining

Indexed keywords

HYBRID RECOMMENDATION APPROACHES; LEARNING MATERIALS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ATTRIBUTES; PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION; QUALITY OF RECOMMENDATIONS; SEQUENTIAL-PATTERN MINING; WEIGHTED ASSOCIATION RULES;

ALGORITHMS; ASSOCIATION RULES; COLLABORATIVE FILTERING; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; RATING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

MATERIALS;

EID: 84878424760     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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