A multidisciplinary approach for supporting knowledge-based decision making in collaborative settings

International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1069-1092

  Evangelou, Christina E ^a   Karacapilidis, Nikos ^b  

^a University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Collaboration; Decision making; Knowledge management; Ontologies; Strategy development; XML technologies

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ONTOLOGY; XML;

ARGUMENTATION; STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT; XML TECHNOLOGIES;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 37249040041     PISSN: 02182130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218213007003631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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