Satisfying user preferences while negotiating meetings

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-427

  Sen, Sandip ^a   Haynes, Thomas ^a   Arora, Neeraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA PROCESSING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DISTRIBUTED MEETING SCHEDULER;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0031238123     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1997.0139     Document Type: Article

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