Measuring and visualizing organizations by relating structure to performance

IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 154-161

  Gabbai, J M E ^a   Wright, W A ^b   Allinson, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE; TRADE OFF; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 28444480417     PISSN: 19354576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INDIN.2003.1300263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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