Title :
Automata for the assessment of knowledge
Author :
Dowling, Cornelia E. ; Hockemeyer, Cord
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Psychol., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Germany
Abstract :
The results of this paper can be applied to construct efficient algorithms for the adaptive assessment of the students´ knowledge. The problem of knowledge assessment is a special case of the problem of assessing the state of a system. These results are obtained suggesting a new assessment algorithm whose formal equivalence to previously suggested assessment algorithms is proven. A simulation study illustrates the vast improvements of efficiency with the new algorithm
Keywords :
deterministic automata; finite automata; intelligent tutoring systems; adaptive assessment; deterministic finite automata; intelligent tutor; simulation study; student knowledge assessment; Artificial intelligence; Automata; Computer aided instruction; Failure analysis; Learning; Medical diagnosis; Pattern recognition; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
