Strategies for implementing knowledge-based systems

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-90

  Dutta, Soumitra ^a,b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Implementation strategies for KBS's; Knowledge management; Knowledge processing; Knowledge based systems (KBS's); Organizational memory information systems

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DATA PROCESSING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

IMPLEMENTATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING; ORGANIZATIONAL MEMORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031075498     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.552810     Document Type: Article

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