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An Agent Based E-Learning Framework for Grid Environment

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This chapter presents how Grid can be used to build an e-learning framework which is flexible, convenient, cost-effective, and adaptable. Grid technologies are appealing due to the fact that the requirements for developing such framework match very closely what a Grid can offer in terms of computational and storage resources. On the other hand, agent-based technology can make e-learning Grid more efficient. A few autonomous, co-operative agents with predefined functionalities and responsibilities provide more powerful and reliable e-learning system. The objective of this chapter is to accomplish a blended e-learning Grid framework, where the framework is designed as a multi-agent system integrated with Grid. This chapter also presents the implementation of an e-learning system as Grid services and analysis of the benefits of e-learning Grid system.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India

    Sarbani Roy & Nandini Mukherjee

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Kolkata Campus, Kolkata, 700107, India

    Ajanta De Sarkar

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Roy, S., De Sarkar, A., Mukherjee, N. (2014). An Agent Based E-Learning Framework for Grid Environment. In: Ivanović, M., Jain, L. (eds) E-Learning Paradigms and Applications. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 528. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41965-2_5

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