An expert advisory system for the ISO 9001 quality system

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 313-322

  Liao, Hsien Tsung ^a   Enke, David ^a   Wiebe, Henry ^a  

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

Author keywords

Advisory system; Baldrige criteria; ISO 9000; Quality system; Visual rules studio

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MARKETING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ADVISORY SYSTEM; BALDRIGE CRITERIA; ISO 9000; QUALITY SYSTEM; VISUAL RULES STUDIO;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942568150     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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