On the effectiveness of cognitive feedback from an interface agent

Omega

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 643-658

  Montazemi, Ali R ^a,c   Gupta, K M ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Atlantis Aerospace Corporation   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive feedback; Decision support systems; Diagnostic case based reasoning systems; Interface agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031537004     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(97)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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