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Alice : assisting online shoppers through ontologies and novel interface metaphors. / Domingue, John; Martins, Maria; Tan, Jiacheng; Stutt, Arthur; Petursson, Helgi.

Knowledge engineering and knowledge management: ontologies and the semantic web: 13th International Conference, EKAW 2002 Sigüenza, Spain, October 1–4, 2002 Proceedings. Berlin : Springer, 2002. p. 335-351 (Lecture notes in computer science; Vol. 2473).

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Domingue, J, Martins, M, Tan, J, Stutt, A & Petursson, H 2002, Alice: assisting online shoppers through ontologies and novel interface metaphors. in Knowledge engineering and knowledge management: ontologies and the semantic web: 13th International Conference, EKAW 2002 Sigüenza, Spain, October 1–4, 2002 Proceedings. Lecture notes in computer science, vol. 2473, Springer, Berlin, pp. 335-351, European Knowledge Acquisition Workshop 2002, Sigüenza, Spain, 1/10/02. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45810-7_30

APA

Domingue, J., Martins, M., Tan, J., Stutt, A., & Petursson, H. (2002). Alice: assisting online shoppers through ontologies and novel interface metaphors. In Knowledge engineering and knowledge management: ontologies and the semantic web: 13th International Conference, EKAW 2002 Sigüenza, Spain, October 1–4, 2002 Proceedings (pp. 335-351). (Lecture notes in computer science; Vol. 2473). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45810-7_30

Vancouver

Domingue J, Martins M, Tan J, Stutt A, Petursson H. Alice: assisting online shoppers through ontologies and novel interface metaphors. In Knowledge engineering and knowledge management: ontologies and the semantic web: 13th International Conference, EKAW 2002 Sigüenza, Spain, October 1–4, 2002 Proceedings. Berlin: Springer. 2002. p. 335-351. (Lecture notes in computer science). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45810-7_30

Author

Domingue, John ; Martins, Maria ; Tan, Jiacheng ; Stutt, Arthur ; Petursson, Helgi. / Alice : assisting online shoppers through ontologies and novel interface metaphors. Knowledge engineering and knowledge management: ontologies and the semantic web: 13th International Conference, EKAW 2002 Sigüenza, Spain, October 1–4, 2002 Proceedings. Berlin : Springer, 2002. pp. 335-351 (Lecture notes in computer science).

Bibtex

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