Ontology-driven intelligent service for configuration support in networked organizations

Knowledge and Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-253

  Smirnov, Alexander ^a   Shilov, Nikolay ^a   Levashova, Tatiana ^a   Sheremetov, Leonid ^b   Contreras, Miguel ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS AND AUTOMATION   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Constraint satisfaction; Knowledge logistics; Multiagent system; Networked organizations; Web services

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SERVICES; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; SEARCH ENGINES; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); SOFTWARE AGENTS; WATER CONSERVATION; WEBSITES;

COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENTS; CONFIGURATION SUPPORTS; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE LOGISTICS; NETWORKED ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; SOFTWARE AGENT TECHNOLOGY; WEB-EMPOWERED SYSTEMS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 34547115939     PISSN: 02191377     EISSN: 02193116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10115-007-0067-5     Document Type: Article

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