Virtual visits to cultural heritage supported by web-agents

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-184

  Bonfigli, Maria Elena ^a   Cabri, Giacomo ^b   Leonardi, Letizia ^b   Zambonelli, Franco ^b  

^a CINECA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent; Cultural heritage; Virtual visit; Web application

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL INFORMATION; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; WEB-AGENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0347541011     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(03)00126-5     Document Type: Article

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