An agent-based approach to knowledge management in distributed design

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 737-750

  Chira, C ^a   Chira, O ^a   Roche, T ^a   Tormey, D ^b   Brennan, A ^b  

^a Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Distributed design; Knowledge management; Multi agent systems; Ontologies

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTRIBUTED DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED DESIGN ENVIRONMENT (DDE); KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745529338     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-006-0042-0     Document Type: Article

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