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GC-MAS – A Multiagent System for Building Creative Groups Used in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning

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Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 296))

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Group creativity is a hot topic in the creativity literature, yet no method to obtain the most creative teams given a group of individuals is available. We introduce here a method for building creative teams, based on unsupervised learning and implemented with support from a multiagent system. Our first experiments with using this method for grouping learners involved in online brainstorming are presented as well.

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  1. UPG University of Ploiesti, Ploiesti, Romania

    Gabriela Moise, Monica Vladoiu & Zoran Constantinescu

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Eng. and Comp. Department of Telecommunications, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Gordan Jezic

  2. Faculty of Electrical Eng.and Com. Department of Telecommunications, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Mario Kusek

  3. Faculty of Electrical Eng. and Comp. Department of Telecommunications, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ignac Lovrek

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    Robert J. Howlett

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    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Moise, G., Vladoiu, M., Constantinescu, Z. (2014). GC-MAS – A Multiagent System for Building Creative Groups Used in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. In: Jezic, G., Kusek, M., Lovrek, I., J. Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 296. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07650-8_31

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