An experiment to assess the performance of a redesign knowledge system

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 25-43

  Nissen, Mark E ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Business process reengineering; Expert systems; Knowledge systems; Process redesign

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034435190     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2000.11045651     Document Type: Article

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