• DocumentCode
    1520024
  • Title

    Do what I mean: online shopping with a natural language search agent

  • Author

    Silverman, Barry G. ; Bachann, Mintu ; Al-Akharas, Khaled

  • Author_Institution
    Wharton Sch., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    53
  • Abstract
    Ineffective search engines on e-catalog sites are driving away potential customers. Natural-language querying improves precision and parsing capability, and with advances in the technology, it can also meet these shopping sites´ performance demands.
  • Keywords
    electronic commerce; home shopping; natural language interfaces; online front-ends; software agents; electronic catalogue sites; intelligent electronic business; natural-language querying; natural-language search agent; online shopping; parsing capability; performance demands; potential customers; precision; search engines; Catalogs; Computer crashes; Customer service; Finance; Internet; Large-scale systems; Marine vehicles; Natural languages; Search engines; Search methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Intelligent Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1541-1672
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/5254.941357
  • Filename
    941357