A novel binary harmony search algorithm for intelligent test-sheet composition

Author

Wang, Feng-rui ; Wang, Wenhong ; Yang, Hua-qing ; Zuo, Feng-chao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Media & Commun. Technol., Liaocheng Univ., Liaocheng, China

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

6213

Lastpage

6216

Abstract

Effective and efficient test-sheet composition algorithm is the key to computer-aided testing. Based on harmony search algorithm, a novel binary intelligent algorithm for the test-sheet construction was studied. Using different scale item banks, simulation experiments were conducted to assess the performance of the proposed algorithm and the results were compared with the Simple Genetic Algorithm and Harmony Search Algorithm. It is demonstrated that the proposed algorithm has better performance in finding the effective and high quality test-sheet.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; genetic algorithms; search problems; binary harmony search algorithm; computer aided testing; genetic algorithm; intelligent test sheet composition; scale item banks; Algorithm design and analysis; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computers; Educational institutions; Genetic algorithms; Optimization; computer-aided test; harmony search algorithm; optimization; test-sheet composition algorithm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yichang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8162-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECENG.2011.6056848

Filename

6056848