Agent Based Expert System for Online Assessment in Distributed Database Environment with Agent Cloning: A Modification

Abstract

This paper introduces an alternate architectural framework of an agent based Extended Expert System for Online Assessment (EESOA) in distributed environment for the learners of ODL (Open and Distance Learning) System. The main modification is done in the question collection process by the mobile agent for student assessment form the different interconnected question database servers. Instead of Itinerary Design Pattern (in earlier framework), the Branching Design Pattern is used in this modified framework of EESOA. This necessarily uses the agent cloning process to perform the load balancing while retrieving the question set in the distributed question database environment.