Proposal for MiniProject /MainProject

Title of Project Topic: Theory Evaluation using NLP and Machine Learning.

Introduction: Manual answer evaluation is a very tedious task. The manual checking is very
time consuming process and also requires lots of manpower. Also, the paper checker is not
able to give marks equally. So, our system will evaluate answer based on some keyword and
also manpower will be saved. Only one has to scan the paper then, based on the keyword in
the answer the system will provide the marks to the question according to the dataset present.
Also, by this system, the evaluation error of the marks to the particular question will be
reduced. So, our system will evaluate answer based on some keyword and also manpower
will be saved. Only one has to scan the paper then the system will split the answer using
OCR, based on the keyword in the answer the system will provide the marks to the question
according to the dataset present. There is a need for such application which will provide an
easy evaluation of answer and can provide eligible marks. Also, this application will help
various colleges, university, coaching institute to evaluate the answer in less time and with
less manpower.

Motivation: Traditional way of the paper checking is time consuming. Green computing
introduces the methods which reduce the paper use and eco-friendly so, in modern way of the
online paper evaluation is available and most of the time it is used for the MCQ questions
evaluation, also for the Theory evaluation it is also done using the ML and AI techniques. But
our motive is to implement the model or to train our model in that way it will give high
performance and efficiency which gives accurate result and faster evaluation.

Problem Definition: “To formulate examination paper evaluation easier and precise which is
too complex when evaluated traditionally”.

Objectives:

 To design an examination evaluation system which is able to evaluate all three types
of questions (subjective, objective and numerical) without human intervenes.
 To use NLP (Natural Language Processing) for OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
and use fuzzy logic for awarding appropriate marks based on evaluation.
 To get faster result displayed and to ensure no partiality in evaluation of the paper.
Methodology: In this scheme, the answer sheet written by the candidate is scanned by using
scanner or camera. The scanned handwritten notes can be rehabilitated into the word
document by using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). The natural language processing is
used to authenticate the semantic formation of the word and the ontology is used to match the
words with the keyword to perform evaluation. Based on the evaluation mark should be
awarded. Awarding mark is done using Fuzzy logic classifier.

Summary:

In this paper, we are going to develop an algorithm which will evaluate theoretical, objective
and numerical answers and give marks according to the keyword matching which will reduce
manual work and saves time with faster result evaluation. A person should collect the answer
copy from the student and scan it. The machine will take the image as input and will evaluate
the answer based on the length of the answer and important keywords covered which are
specified by the teacher with each answer which is to be evaluated.

References:

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Computing Survey, Vol 34, No 1, 2002.

[2] H. Lodhi, C. Saunders, J. Shawe-Taylor, N. Cristianini, and C. Watkins, ``Text

Classification with String Kernels", pp419-444, Journal of Machine Learning Research, Vol
2, No 2, 2002.

[3] Prince Sinha Ayush Kaul Sharad Bharadia Dr. Sheetal Rathi, “Answer Evaluation Using
Machine Learning”, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333856264 18 June 2019

[4] G.Chandralekha, K.Iswarya, M.pajany, P.Vimala, “A survey on smart exam script

evaluation using OCR and ontology”, International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Volume 119 No. 14 2018, 807-811