Group Knowledge Networks: A Framework and an Implementation

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-239

  Sharda, Ramesh ^a,b   Frankwick, Gary L ^a,b,c   Turetken, Ozgur ^a,d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^d MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering; Knowledge networks; New product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346874329     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010098227671     Document Type: Article

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