A buyer behaviour framework for the development and design of software agents in e-commerce

Internet Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 396-405

  Sproule, Susan ^a   Archer, Norm ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buyer behaviour; Decision support systems; E commerce; Software agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543120607     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240010349408     Document Type: Article

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