Supporting virtual enterprise systems using agent coordination

Knowledge and Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 330-349

  Zarour, Nacereddine ^a   Boufaida, M ^a   Seinturier, L ^b   Estraillier, P ^c  

^a Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Agent; Coordination technologies; Social constraints; Virtual enterprise; Workflow management system

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DYNAMIC VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE; HETEROGENEOUS RESOURCES; INTER-ORGANISATIONAL; SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 24944533130     PISSN: 02191377     EISSN: 02193116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10115-004-0183-4     Document Type: Article

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