User profiling in personal information agents: A survey

Knowledge Engineering Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-362

  Godoy, Daniela ^a   Amandi, Analia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION THEORY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION-RELATED TASKS; INTELLIGENT INFORMATION AGENTS; PERSONAL INFORMATION AGENTS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 33646878102     PISSN: 02698889     EISSN: 14698005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269888906000397     Document Type: Article

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