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Intelligent information presentation systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Bryan S. Murray
Affiliation:
LUTCHI Research Centre, Department of Computer Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicester, UK (Email: B. S. Murray@lut.ac.uk)

Abstract

This paper discusses the development of Information Presentation Systems (IPS). It identifies that these systems have had two development paths; generic and application-specific. It discusses the main pieces of early work, and identifies the significant problems and shortcomings associated with them. The development of later systems is traced through to the present day, and outstanding research issues are identified.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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