KSNet-approach to knowledge fusion from distributed sources

Computing and Informatics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-142

  Smirnov, Alexander ^a   Pashkin, Mikhail ^a   Chilov, Nikolai ^a   Levashova, Tatyana ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS AND AUTOMATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Intelligent systems; Knowledge fusion; Knowledge management; Knowledge representation; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GROUPWARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAPS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; XML;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE FUSION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0348157095     PISSN: 13359150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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