A personalized system for conversational recommendations

Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 2004, Pages 393-428

  Thompson, Cynthia A ^a   Göker, Mehmet H ^b   Langley, Pat ^c  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b Kaidara   (United States)

^c Institute for the Study of Learning and Expertise   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DECISION MAKING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

CONVERSATIONAL PROCESS; CONVERSATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS; NON-ADAPTIVE SYSTEM; RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14344266582     PISSN: 10769757     EISSN: 10769757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1613/jair.1318     Document Type: Review

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