The design and engineering of mobile data services: Developing an ontology based on business model thinking

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 318, Issue , 2010, Pages 28-51

  Al Debei, Mutaz M ^a   Fitzgerald, Guy ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business model; Design science; Mobile data services; Mobile technology; Ontology; Service design and engineering; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS MODELS; DESIGN CONCEPT; DESIGN SCIENCE; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; MOBILE DATA SERVICE; MOBILE SERVICE; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; ONTOLOGY SERVICES; ONTOLOGY-BASED; RESEARCH APPROACH; RESEARCH METHODS; VALUE NETWORK; VALUE PROPOSITION;

DESIGN; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77949646552     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12113-5_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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