Evaluating design: A formative evaluation of agent development environments used for teaching rule-Based programming

Mark A. Cohen; Frank E. Ritter; Steven R. Haynes

Evaluating design: A formative evaluation of agent development environments used for teaching rule-Based programming

Mark A. Cohen, Frank E. Ritter, Steven R. Haynes

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Abstract

We present two development environments designed to make it easier for students to create intelligent agents by taking advantage of established software engineering principles. This paper reports the results of a formative evaluation of the Herbal and the Vacuum Cleaner Environments. Findings from the study suggest design changes geared towards making these environments more useful for teaching rule-based programming and agent development.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference, ISECON
Volume	26
State	Published - Dec 1 2009
Event	26th Information Systems Education Conference, ISECON 2009 - Washington, DC, United States Duration: Nov 4 2009 → Nov 8 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Information Systems
Software
Education

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Evaluating design: A formative evaluation of agent development environments used for teaching rule-Based programming

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