Finding out: A system for providing rapid and reliable answers to questions in the construction sector

Construction Innovation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 250-261

  Robert, JeanMarc ^a   Moulet, Lucie ^a   Lizarralde, Gonzalo ^b   Davidson, Colin H ^b   Nie, JianYun ^b   da Sylva, Lyne ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

4 userinterfaces; construction industry; information retrieval; internet; query languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974800     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170610713926     Document Type: Article

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