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Fuzzy User Profiling in e-Learning Contexts

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Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES 2008)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 5178))

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The research activity described in this paper concerns the personalisation process in e-learning contexts. Particular emphasis is laid on the mechanisms of user profiling and association between user profiles and pedagogical resources. A particular profiling model is proposed where both the pedagogical resources and the user profiles are described in terms of a fuzzy valued metadata specification. The adoption of specific fuzzy operators enables the proposed model to perform associations with a high degree of flexibility, yielding a customised resource allocation for each user.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Bari, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70125, Bari, Italy

    Corrado Mencar, Ciro Castiello & Anna Maria Fanelli

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Ignac Lovrek Robert J. Howlett Lakhmi C. Jain

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Mencar, C., Castiello, C., Fanelli, A.M. (2008). Fuzzy User Profiling in e-Learning Contexts. In: Lovrek, I., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5178. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85565-1_29

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