MBP-KT performance is optimal with sliding-window size N between 2 and 4 and is not sensitive to pattern-set length K (variation within 2%)¶

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q2 i? The optimal window size N lies between 2 and 4, with values too large or too small both degrading performance; choosing a relatively large K yields better performance, with overall variation within 2%. → Yuhao Jia 2026

Evidence¶

Yuhao Jia 2026¶

Yuhao Jia, Duantengchuan Li, Jinsong Chen, Zhongjie Mao, Mingwen Tong, Yue Li, Xiaoguang Wang. (2026). MBP-KT: Learning Global Collaborative Information from Meta-Behavioral Pattern for Enhanced Knowledge Tracing. Preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08697 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.08697

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Sensitivity analysis (Figure 4) varying N in {2,3,4,5} and K in {10,20,30,40,50,all} across three datasets and seven models. The article reports "the overall performance variation is within 2%, indicating that model performance is not sensitive toK."

"the optimal value ofN lies between 2 and 4; values that are too large or too small both lead to performance degradation"

Discussion¶

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