Improving the adaptability of multi-agent based E-learning systems

  • Francisco Pinto-Santos
    University of Salamanca franpintosantos[at]usal.es
  • Hector Sánchez San Blas
    University of Salamanca
  • Manuel Salgado De La Iglesia
    University of Salamanca
  • Xuzeng Mao
    University of Salamanca

Abstract

E-Learning is a new learning approach that involves the use of electronic technologies to access education outside of a conventional classroom (Alonso Rincon,). The objective of E-Learning systems is to increase the students’ learning skills by providing a customized experience to each system user (Rodrigues, 2013). However, to accomplish this, it is necessary to monitor the continuous changes in the environment, mainly the students’ knowledge and skill acquisition. A multi-agent system architecture and a clustering algorithm are proposed for this purpose (as presented in (Rodrigues, 2014) This paper is an extension to the work of (Al-Tarabily, 2018) because it not only monitors changes in the student environment but also in the project environment, increasing the system’s adaptability and accuracy.
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Pinto-Santos, F., Sánchez San Blas, H., Salgado De La Iglesia, M., & Mao, X. (2018). Improving the adaptability of multi-agent based E-learning systems. ADCAIJ: Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal, 7(4), 5–16. https://doi.org/10.14201/ADCAIJ20187516

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