Expertise in a hybrid diagnostic-recommendation system for SMEs: A successful real-life application

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 3029, Issue , 2004, Pages 807-816

  Delisle, Sylvain ^a   St Pierre, Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BENCHMARKING; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; EXPERT SYSTEMS;

DIAGNOSTIC-RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS); MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SME); REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS; AI TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HYBRID DIAGNOSTIC;

EXPERT SYSTEMS; RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 9644287937     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24677-0_83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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