Ontologies in knowledge management support: A case study

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2032-2047

  Almeida, Mauricio Barcellos ^a   Barbosa, Ricardo Rodrigues ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS; ENERGY UTILITIES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM MODELS;

INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MODEL STRUCTURES; RESEARCH;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 70349330634     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21120     Document Type: Article

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