Knowledge-assisted retrieval of online product information in architectural/engineering/construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 871-879

  Lin, Ken Yu ^a   Soibelman, Lucio ^b  

^a Ming Jian Power Corporation   (Taiwan)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information management; Information retrieval; Information technology; Internet; Knowledge based systems

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKS; IR BOOLEAN MODEL; KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION; VIRTUAL MARKET;

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 35348836580     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:11(871)     Document Type: Article

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