An interactive system for finding complementary literatures: A stimulus to scientific discovery

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-203

  Swanson, Don R ^a   Smalheiser, Neil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; TESTING;

INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031125707     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-3702(97)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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