When Processes Learn: Steps Toward Crafting an Intelligent Organization

Information Systems Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 302-317

  Zhu, Dan ^a   Prietula, Michael J ^b   Hsu, Wen Ling ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial Intelligence; Information Systems; Machine Learning; Organizational Learning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

COMPUTATIONAL ARCHITECTURE; CONSTRAINT PROPAGATION; GENERAL INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENT ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031504210     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.8.3.302     Document Type: Article

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