A prototype multi-agent ERP system: An integrated architecture and a conceptual framework

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-441

  Lea, Bih Ru ^a   Gupta, Mahesh C ^b   Yu, Wen Bin ^c  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c 303 Straumanis Hall Univ M   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise resource planning (ERP); ERP architecture; ERP implementation; Software agent

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DECISION MAKING; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SOFTWARE AGENTS; USER INTERFACES;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) IMPLEMENTATION; ERP ARCHITECTURE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MULTI-AGENT ENETRPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (MAERP);

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 12444343023     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(03)00153-6     Document Type: Article

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