Exploiting the information web

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-125

  Gregg, Dawn G ^a   Walczak, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Businness intelligence; Information extraction; Information retrieval; Intelligent systems

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

INFORMATION EXTRACTION; INFORMATION WEB; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33845805223     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2006.876061     Document Type: Article

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