Architecture of a multimedia communication system for technical documentation in a modern factory

Computers in Industry

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 83-93

  Papandreou, Constantine A ^a   Adamopoulos, Dionisis X ^b,c  

^a Training and Research Centre   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

CIM; Electronic document systems; Multimedia communications; Technical documentation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL WRITING; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

DISTRIBUTED MULTIMEDIA ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SYSTEMS (DMEDS); MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SERVICES; TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032049594     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(97)00101-2     Document Type: Article

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