Object-oriented design processes of electronic commerce in a multi-agent environment

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 661-678

  Huang, Chun Che ^a   Liang, Wen Yau ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agility; Design processes; Electronic commerce; Multi agent; Object oriented technology

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTEGRATION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERNET; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AGILITY; DESIGN PROCESSES; MULTI-AGENT; OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 4344643391     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JIMS.0000037715.89305.77     Document Type: Article

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