A framework for developing an agent-based collaborative service-support system in a manufacturing information network

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-57

  Tso, S K ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Lau, H C W ^a,j,k   Ho, J K L ^a,l,m,n   Zhang, W J ^a,o,p  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^h IEE Hong Kong Centre   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ HKIE ^*  (Hong Kong)

^j ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^l BSC ^*

^m BSC

ⁿ Dept of Mech and Manufacturing   (China)

^o DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^p ASME

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Author keywords

Object oriented technology; Push delivery; Rule based inference mechanisms; Service support systems; Virtual agents

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; INFERENCE ENGINES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGENT-BASED COLLABORATIVE SERVICE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL AGENTS (VA);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033078886     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0952-1976(98)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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