Using an intelligent agent to enhance search engine performance

First Monday

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Jansen, James ^a,b  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003874477     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v2i3.517     Document Type: Article

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