Using multi-agent simulation and learning to design new business processes

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 380-384

  Lin, Fu Ren ^a   Pai, Yu Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REENGINEERING;

BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING; MULTI AGENT INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SWARM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0033685766     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.844361     Document Type: Article

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