Reconfigurable, component-based systems and the role of enterprise engineering concepts

Computers in Industry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-343

  Weston, R H ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

COMPONENT-BASED SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE MODELING;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 0033363101     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(99)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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