AGENT-BASED MODELING OF THE E-LEARNING USERS’ BEHAVIOR
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https://doi.org/10.47839/ijc.13.1.622Keywords:
e-Learning, agent-based models, artificial neural networks, software for agent-based modeling.Abstract
In this paper the methodological and technical approaches are considered to construct the agent-based model (ABM) with built-in artificial neural networks. This model describes the user’s behavior of electronic or distance learning in a virtual environment of one of universities. Design of ABM aims to support a development of Web analytics (learning analytics) on the basis of computer experiments evaluating the trends of the knowledge creation and dissemination for e-Learning users. In research AnyLogic software, which is one of the most popular packages for agent-based modeling, is proposed for implementing the created model, and package STATISTICA Neural Networks is proposed for constructing the neural networks.References
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