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Course Sequence Recommendation with Course Difficulty Index Using Subset Sum Approximation Algorithms

Cybernetics and Information Technologies
Volume 19 (2019): Issue 3 (September 2019)
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|Sep 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2019-0024 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702
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Language: English
Page range: 25 - 44
Submitted on: Apr 11, 2019
Accepted on: Aug 22, 2019
Published on: Sep 26, 2019
Published by: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
Course sequence recommendation,
Course credits,
Course difficulty,
Pre-requisite weight,
Approximation Algorithm
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Information technology

© 2019 M. Premalatha, V. Viswanathan, published by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
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