A constraint-centered two-layered meta-model for enterprise modeling and analysis

Information Technology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 709-718

  Xue, Liang ^a   Feng, Boqin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Meta model; Specification language; What if analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); META-MODEL; WHAT-IF ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33749635125     PISSN: 18125638     EISSN: 18125646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2006.709.718     Document Type: Article

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