Software agents for knowledge management: Coordination in multi-agent supply chains and auctions

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-64

  Wu, D J ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AGENT-BASED KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEMS;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035152089     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(00)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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