AGATHE: An agent- and ontology-based system for gathering information about restricted web domains

International Journal of e-Business Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 14-34

  Espinasse, Bernard ^a   Fournier, Sébastien ^a   Freitas, Fred ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agent Software; Information Retrieval; Ontologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349294311     PISSN: 15481131     EISSN: 1548114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jebr.2009070102     Document Type: Article

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