Price comparisons on the internet based on computational intelligence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Jun Woo ^a   Ha, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT PRODUCT SEARCH SYSTEM; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRICE COMPARISON SITE; SEMANTICS; SHOPPING; WEB BROWSER; ALGORITHM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; SEARCH ENGINE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMERCE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84907484375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106946     Document Type: Article

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