Genetic algorithms for automated test assembly
Angela J. Verschoor · 2007
There are some similarities between the development of a test and the production of this thesis: Various phases can be distinguished in which many people played a vital role with their contributions.First, there are the numerous members in the scientific community without whose research this thesis would not have been materialised at all.My employer, Cito, provided the opportunity to develop test assembly software and to facilitate a research project for increasing the versatility of the software.Then there are my colleagues, both within as well as outside of Cito.Existing models and algorithms appeared sometimes to be inapplicable to their problems, and part of their questions are answered in this thesis.Without the colleagues of the POK department acting as a sounding board, it was not always easy to make the distinction between the good and notso-good ideas for solving the new problems at hand.Regularly they found their computers still working on the simulations when they arrived Monday mornings.My promotor, Wim van der Linden, not only provided me with helpful comments on my writing, but also inspired me to continue and finish the project.Instrumental in this continuation