Enterprise integration using the agent paradigm: foundations of multi-agent-based integrative business information systems

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-78

  Kishore, Rajiv ^a   Zhang, Hong ^b   Ramesh, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 160 Jacobs Management Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual modeling; Coordination; Enterprise integration; Integrative business information systems; Multi agent systems; Multi agent based integrative business information systems; Systems analysis; Systems modeling

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CONCEPTUAL MODELING; COORDINATION; ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MULTI-AGENT-BASED INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS MODELING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646861881     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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