Applying case-based reasoning and multi-agent intelligent system to context-aware comparative shopping

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-213

  Kwon, Oh Byung ^a   Sadeh, Norman ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Comparative shopping; Context awareness; Mobile commerce; Multi agent intelligent system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; WEBSITES;

CASE-BASED REASONING; COMPARATIVE SHOPPING; MOBILE COMMERCE; OFF-LINE SELLERS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 2342479832     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(03)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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