Agent-based architecture for virtual enterprises to support agility

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 243, Issue , 2007, Pages 299-306

  Helaakoski, Heli ^a   Iskanius, Päivi ^b   Peltomaa, Irina ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOFTWARE AGENTS; VIRTUAL CORPORATION; COMPETITION;

AGENT BASED ARCHITECTURES; AGENT-BASED SOFTWARES; BUSINESS NETWORKS; GLOBAL COMPETITION; INFORMATION SHARING; SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STEEL MANUFACTURING; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE; AGENT-BASED ARCHITECTURE; CORE COMPETENCIES;

COMPETITION; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 34548837181     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73798-0_31     Document Type: Article

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