A Memetic Walrus Algorithm with Expert-Guided Strategy for Adaptive Curriculum Sequencing

doi:10.22967/hcis.2026.16.020

A Memetic Walrus Algorithm with Expert-Guided Strategy for Adaptive Curriculum Sequencing

2026-04-15

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Adaptive curriculum sequencing (ACS) is essential for personalized online learning, yet current approaches struggle to balance complex educational constraints and maintain optimization stability. This paper proposes a memetic walrus optimizer (MWO) that enhances optimization performance through three key innovations: an expert-guided strategy with aging mechanism that improves escape from local optima; an adaptive control signal framework that dynamically balances exploration and exploitation; and a three-tier priority mechanism for generating educationally meaningful sequences. We formulate ACS as a multi-objective optimization problem considering concept coverage, time constraints, and learning style compatibility. Experiments on the Open University Learning Analytics Dataset (OULAD) demonstrate MWO's superior performance, achieving 95.3% difficulty progression rate (compared to 87.2% in baseline methods) and significantly better convergence stability (standard deviation of 18.02 vs. 28.29-696.97 in competing algorithms). Additional validation on benchmark functions confirms MWO's robust optimization capability across diverse scenarios. The results demonstrate MWO's effectiveness in generating personalized learning sequences while maintaining computational efficiency and solution quality.

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Adaptive Curriculum Sequencing

Memetic Optimization

Expert-Guided Strategy

Personalized Learning

Multi-Objective Optimization

A Memetic Walrus Algorithm with Expert-Guided Strategy for Adaptive Curriculum Sequencing

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