Rational constraints for fusion methods in metasearch engine systems

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 177-190

  Yang, Xiaohua ^a   Zhang, Minjie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERNET; QUERY LANGUAGES; SEARCH ENGINES;

METASEARCH ENGINE SYSTEMS; RATIONAL CONSTRAINTS;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 1142279558     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/int.10160     Document Type: Article

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