Building adaptive tests using Bayesian networks

Kybernetika

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-348

  Vomlel, Jiří ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION THEORY AND AUTOMATION   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adaptive testing; Bayesian networks; Heuristic search

Indexed keywords

ACYCLIC GRAPHS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GRAPHICAL MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; GRAPH THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROBABILITY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 9744243586     PISSN: 00235954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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