Ontology-based multi-agent system to support business users and management;Daugiaagentine sistema grindžiama ontologija verslo vartotojams ir vadybininkams paremti

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 327-347

  Lavbič, Dejan ^a   Rupnik, Rok ^a   Vasilecas, Olegas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Agent; Business process management; Business rules; Data warehouse; Decision support; Information retrieval; Multi agent system; Ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952928948     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/tede.2010.21     Document Type: Article

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