A Novel Hybrid Fuzzy AHP-GA Method for Test Sheet Question Selection


İNCE M., YİĞİT T., Hakan Işik A.

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, vol.19, no.2, pp.629-647, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1142/s0219622020500054
  • Journal Name: International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, INSPEC, Metadex, zbMATH, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.629-647
  • Keywords: decision-making, Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, genetic algorithm, recommendation system, test sheet composition
  • Isparta University of Applied Sciences Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The use of web-based education and e-learning environments has increased with the developments in educational technology. Schools, universities, public institutions, and other private sector companies started deploying these systems to train their students, members, and employees. Exams are carried out during the evaluation process of these trainings. Web-based tests are sometimes used for these exams. When there are so many questions about the same topic, it is a time-consuming and difficult problem to prepare these exams in terms of the best quality, quickly and effectively. In order to overcome this issue, artificial intelligence techniques are utilized as well as conventional methods for producing test papers. In this study, an Intelligent Question Evaluation and Selection Software (I-QUESS), that enables the selection of questions according to desired preferences by using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) and genetic algorithm (GA) as hybrid, was developed. This proposed hybrid system was used in a case study to create test sheet for web-based environments.