Designing Intelligent Tutoring Systems: A Personalization Strategy using Case-Based Reasoning and Multi-Agent Systems

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Authors:
Carolina GONZÁLEZ, Juan Carlos BURGUILLO, Martín LLAMAS, Rosalía LAZA

DOI:
10.14201/ADCAIJ2013244154

Volume:
Regular Issue 2 (1), 2013

Keywords:

Intelligent Tutoring Systems; Multi-agent Systems; Case-Based Reasoning; Health Education

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are educational systems that use artificial intelligence techniques for representing the knowledge. ITSs design is often criticized for being a complex and challenging process. In this article, we propose a framework for the ITSs design using Case Based Reasoning (CBR) and Multiagent systems (MAS). The major advantage of using CBR is to allow the intelligent system to propose smart and quick solutions to problems, even in complex domains, avoiding the time necessary to derive those solutions from scratch. The use of intelligent agents and MAS architectures supports the retrieval of similar students models and the adaptation of teaching strategies according to the student profile. We describe deeply how the combination of both technologies helps to simplify the design of new ITSs and personalize the e-learning process for each student

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