A knowledge integration approach for organizational decision support

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 41-61

  Kwahk, Kee Young ^a   Kim, Hee Woong ^b   Chan, Hock Chuan ^b  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognitive modelling; Knowledge integration; Organizational decision support

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS PROBLEMS; COGNITIVE MODEL; COGNITIVE MODELLING; DECISION SUPPORTS; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT; ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 47349105266     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: 15338010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2007040103     Document Type: Article

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