Virtual knowledge modelling for distributed teams: Towards an interactive design approach

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-189

  Mejía Gutiérrez, Ricardo ^a,b,d,e   Fischer, Xavier ^b,c   Bennis, Fouad ^a,d,f  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

^b Technopôle Izarbel   (France)

^c ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Technopôle Izarbel   (France)

^f International Relations Department

Author keywords

Distributed knowledge modelling; Distributed teams; Interactive product design; Multi agent system; Networked organisations

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; LIFE CYCLE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE MODELING; DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; INTERACTIVE PRODUCT DESIGNS; NETWORKED ORGANISATIONS;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 38849189511     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2008.017009     Document Type: Article

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