Agents and the Internet: Infrastructure for mass customization

IEEE Internet Computing

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 62-69

  Baker, Albert D ^a   Van Dyke Parunak, H ^a   Erol, Kutluhan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

MASS CUSTOMIZATION; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES; VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0033312753     PISSN: 10897801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4236.793461     Document Type: Article

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