Estimating time and score uncertainty in generating successful learning paths under time constraints

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2019

Autores

Nabizadeh, AH (Autor) Outra; Jorge, AM (Autor) FCUP; José Paulo Leal (Autor) FCUP

Revista

Título: Expert Systems

Vol. 36

ISSN: 0266-4720

Editora: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 9 Citações

Scopus - 15 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-00P-SSV

DOI: 10.1111/exsy.12351

Abstract (EN): This paper addresses the problem of course (path) generation when a learner's available time is not enough to follow the complete course. We propose a method to recommend successful paths regarding a learner's available time and his/her knowledge background. Our recommender is an instance of long term goal recommender systems (LTRS). This method, after locating a target learner in a course graph, applies a depth-first search algorithm to find all paths for the learner given a time limitation. In addition, our method estimates learning time and score for all paths. It also indicates the probability of error for the estimated time and score for each path. Finally, our method recommends a path that satisfies the learner's time restriction while maximizing expected learning score. In order to evaluate our proposals for time and score estimation, we used the mean absolute error and average MAE. We have evaluated time and score estimation methods, including one proposed in the literature, on two E-learning datasets.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 17