The development of e-learning applications solving problems from graph theory

Pavel Kolman, Petr Zach and Josef Holoubek
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Pavel Kolman: Department of Statistics and Operation Analysis, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Petr Zach: Department of Informatics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Josef Holoubek: Department of Statistics and Operation Analysis, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013, vol. 61, issue 7, 2311-2316

Abstract: Authors are in long term developing e-learning supports for some parts of Operation Research course. The original purpose was to prepare e-learning supports for students of FBE Mendelu, mainly for part-time form students, who have subscribed Economic mathematical methods course (EMM). Considering decreasing number of lessons on part-time form of study (16 hours in a semester, in comparison to 56 hours in full-time form of study), was for part-time form students even more difficult to fulfill exam requirements. As a help for students there was stage by stage prepared several of programs, they allow self-contained practicing of some linear programming methods. Programs did allow to users step-by-step verify their solution, i.e. whether their calculation are in accordance with algorithm described in lectures. Advantage for the students consists in fact, that each mistake (numerical or algorithmic) they were able to uncover, what contributes to increase of self-study effectiveness and from that resulting higher study motivation. Resulting from existing experience, authors decided to request for a new FRVŠ grant for academic year 2012, focused on e-learning support of selected graph theory problems. Within this project there was developed a tool allowing to make and according to the user needs interactively modify created graphs. On this graph it is possible individually, step by step (in compliance with on lectures presented algorithm) to practice solving of selected graph theory and network analysis problems (e.g. minimal spanning tree, shortest path in a graph, testing for cycles in a graph, critical path method etc.). Project is realized as modular and was realized in Delphi developing tool. Described algorithms are saved in dynamic linked libraries. There for it is very easy to add here new (newly programmed) algorithms. Project results (i.e. project experience obtained from e-learning supports) will be available for all FBE Mendelu members interested in this problematic.

Keywords: graph theory; optimization; operations research; Delphi (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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