Exploring agent support at the user interface in e-commerce applications

International Journal on Digital Libraries

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 284-290

  Desharnais, P ^a   Lu, J ^a   Radhakrishnan, T ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bying behavior; Price negotiation; Retail market; Software agents; User models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751036470     PISSN: 14325012     EISSN: 14321300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007990100040     Document Type: Article

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