Agent-based modeling of knowledge flows: Illustration from the domain of information systems design

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2004, Pages 3937-3944

  Nissen, Mark E ^a   Levitt, Raymond E ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AGENT-BASED MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KM);

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 12344307106     PISSN: 10603425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/hicss.2004.1265599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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