• DocumentCode
    1309351
  • Title

    Bees Algorithm for Construction of Multiple Test Forms in E-Testing

  • Author

    Songmuang, Pokpong ; Ueno, Maomi

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Human Sci., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    209
  • Lastpage
    221
  • Abstract
    The purpose of this research is to automatically construct multiple equivalent test forms that have equivalent qualities indicated by test information functions based on item response theory. There has been a trade-off in previous studies between the computational costs and the equivalent qualities of test forms. To alleviate this problem, we propose an automated system of test construction based on the Bees Algorithm in parallel computing. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system through various experiments.
  • Keywords
    educational computing; parallel processing; bees algorithm; e-testing; item response theory; multiple test forms construction; parallel computing; Approximation algorithms; Approximation methods; Cities and towns; Computational efficiency; Construction industry; Optimization; Parallel processing; Bees algorithm; E-testing; multiple test forms; parallel computing.; test construction;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Learning Technologies, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1939-1382
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TLT.2010.29
  • Filename
    5560630