A model for a SOft Fusion of Information Accesses on the web

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-118

  Bordogna, Gloria ^a   Pasi, Gabriella ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto Per Le Tecnologie Della Costruzione Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (ITC CNR)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy linguistic quantifiers; Metasearch engines; Multi agent decision making

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FUZZY LINGUISTIC QUANTIFIERS; METASEARCH ENGINES; MULTI-AGENT DECISION-MAKING;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 4944238018     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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