Management of complexity in enterprise integration projects by the PERA methodology

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 417-427

  Li, Hong ^a   Williams, Theodore J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer integrated manufacturing; Enterprise; Formalism; Hierarchy; Reference architecture; Work flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS;

ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION PROJECTS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0036903813     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021037709972     Document Type: Article

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