A methodology for developing intelligent product manuals

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 657-669

  Setchi, R M ^a   Pham, D T ^a   Dimov, S S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integration of knowledge; Intelligent product support; Knowledge models; Knowledge based systems; Technical manuals

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PUBLISHING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE; INTELLIGENT PRODUCT SUPPORT; KNOWLEDGE MODELS; TECHNICAL MANUALS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 33747888073     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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