Fuzzy Querying based Tool for Building Courses Evaluation Tests

Livia Borjas, Josué Ramírez, Rosseline Rodríguez, Leonid Tineo

2012

Abstract

In this paper, we present a tool intended for helping in exam configuration based on the reutilization of questions according to user preferences. It is a real life application of fuzzy querying that fulfils an actual need of academic personal at a high studies institution of Venezuela. This application uses the fuzzy querying language SQLf, on top of an existing relational DBMS by means a logic layer named SQLfi. Final users of our application are professors of any area without knowledge of fuzzy sets and databases. We use criteria for the test preparation that support fuzzy terms. These terms can be adjusted to user preferences. Graphic user interfaces are provided in order to perform such adjusts as well as exam configuration and any other fuzzy querying operation. We present here the Database Design, the process test construction and the management of preferences.

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Borjas L., Ramírez J., Rodríguez R. and Tineo L. (2012). Fuzzy Querying based Tool for Building Courses Evaluation Tests . In Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: FCTA, (IJCCI 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-33-4, pages 343-349. DOI: 10.5220/0004151003430349


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@conference{fcta12,
author={Livia Borjas and Josué Ramírez and Rosseline Rodríguez and Leonid Tineo},
title={Fuzzy Querying based Tool for Building Courses Evaluation Tests},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: FCTA, (IJCCI 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={343-349},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004151003430349},
isbn={978-989-8565-33-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - Volume 1: FCTA, (IJCCI 2012)
TI - Fuzzy Querying based Tool for Building Courses Evaluation Tests
SN - 978-989-8565-33-4
AU - Borjas L.
AU - Ramírez J.
AU - Rodríguez R.
AU - Tineo L.
PY - 2012
SP - 343
EP - 349
DO - 10.5220/0004151003430349