Integration of expert system and integer programming for optimization of strategic planning

2006 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 966-973

  Azadeh, M A ^a   Sharifi, S ^a   Izadbakhsh, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Expert system; Integer programming; Optimization; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

INTEGER PROGRAMMING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HUMANCENTERED EXPERT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDIUM-SIZED MANUFACTURER;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 38949195674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INDIN.2006.275728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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