Standardized configuration knowledge representations as technological foundation for mass customization

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-56

  Felfernig, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Knowledge based configuration; Mass customization; Standardized knowledge representations

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LANGUAGES; MARKETING; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

E-MARKETPLACE; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MODEL DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE; OBJECT CONSTRAINT LANGUAGE;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

EID: 33947283206     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2006.889066     Document Type: Article

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