Intelligent agent systems for executive information scanning, filtering and interpretation: Perceptions and challenges

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-201

  Xu, Mark ^a   Ong, Vincent ^b   Duan, Yanqing ^b   Mathews, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive information system; Information filtering; Information interpretation; Information processing; Information scanning; Intelligent agent; Vigilant system

Indexed keywords

EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION FILTERING; INFORMATION INTERPRETATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCANNING; VIGILANT SYSTEM;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SCANNING;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 79951944117     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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