Business environment scanner for senior managers: Towards active executive support with intelligent agents

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-121

  Liu, Shuhua ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 0006308552     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(98)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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