An object-oriented approach for designing service scheduling support systems

International Journal of Services and Standards

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-51

  Lee, Sang M ^a   Asllani, Arben A ^b   Trimi, Silvana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare centre; object orientation approach; service scheduling support system; standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644528945     PISSN: 17408849     EISSN: 17408857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2004.005687     Document Type: Article

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