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What's Next for Shopbots?

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Yun Wan,

Gang PengAuthors Info & Claims

Computer, Volume 43, Issue 5

Pages 20 - 26

https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2010.93

Published: 01 May 2010 Publication History

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BargainFinder, one of the earliest shopbot projects to receive media and public attention, debuted on 30 June 1995. Now, on the project's 15th anniversary, the authors review its progress and the many applications it's influenced.

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May 2010

84 pages

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