Theta intelligent forecasting information system

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 711-726

  Nikolopoulos, K ^a   Assimakopoulos, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Information systems; Management; Modelling

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

DECISION SUPPORT INFORMATION SYSTEM; THETA INTELLIGENT FORECASTING INFORMATION SYSTEM;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

EID: 0345118178     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570310506133     Document Type: Article

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