The holonic enterprise: A model for Internet-enabled global manufacturing supply chain and workflow management

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 538-550

  Ulieru, Mihaela ^a   Brennan, Robert W ^a   Walker, Scott S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Internet; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HOLONIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (HMS);

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 0036453644     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060210448125     Document Type: Article

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