Knowledge-based management support: An application to the IS change agent role problem

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-532

  Binbasioglu, Meral ^a   Winston, Elaine ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IS change agent role; IS management; Knowledge based systems

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

REASONING PROCESSES;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042009340     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(03)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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