Argument-based critics and recommenders: A qualitative perspective on user support systems

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-319

  Chesñevar, Carlos Iván ^a   Maguitman, Ana Gabriela ^b   Simari, Guillermo Ricardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Critics; Decision support systems; Defeasible argumentation; Practical reasoning; Recommender systems; User support systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEFEASIBLE ARGUMENTATION; RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS; USER SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748597374     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.datak.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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