A self-organising view of manufacturing enterprises

Computers in Industry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-196

  Tharumarajah, A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enterprise design; Enterprise modelling; Enterprise operation; Manufacturing; Self organisation

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENTERPRISE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038142659     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(03)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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