BEAM: A framework for business ecosystem analysis and modeling

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-114

  Tian, Chun Hua ^a   Ray, Bannie K ^a   Lee, Juhnyoung ^b   Cao, Rongzeng ^a   Ding, Wei ^a  

^a IBM CHINA RESEARCH LAB   (China)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAME THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS; ROLE-BASED PARADIGM; SERVICE-ANALYSIS COMPONENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 44349093862     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.471.0101     Document Type: Article

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