Interface agents that learn an investigation of learning issues in a mail agent interface

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-32

  Payne, Terry R ^a   Edwards, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ROBOT LEARNING; USER INTERFACES;

AUTONOMOUS INTERFACE AGENT;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

EID: 0030785931     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: 10876545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088395197118325     Document Type: Article

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