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This paper presents an economical inspired intelligent approach for modeling learners in learning systems. Decision making in complex systems like e-learning systems requires processing of large amounts of heterogeneous data and information from dispread sources. Moreover, most of the decision parameters are incomplete and uncertain. Lacking of a complete model of learner is the prominent problem of current learning systems. In this paper, a market based method for describing Learner’s preferences to the learning system is provided. The proposed approach strives for applying a Dempster-Shafer decision making over a society of self motivated agents. It tries to present a final learner agent with a high degree of similarity to the user for the purpose that it can act as a model of learner through the system. An implicit learning is also implemented by the idea of Stocks in real markets which can improve decision making efficiently.
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Ashoori, M., Miao, C.Y., Goh, A.E.S., Qiong, W. (2006). Intelligent Market Based Learner Modeling. In: Yang, Q., Webb, G. (eds) PRICAI 2006: Trends in Artificial Intelligence. PRICAI 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4099. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36668-3_13
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