Workflow- and agent-based cognitive flow management for distributed team Cooperation

Information and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-429

  Zhuge, Hai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agent; Cognition; Cooperation; Knowledge management; Teamwork; Workflow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

WORKFLOW;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037408615     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(02)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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