Agent-based decision-making support in virtual enterprise systems

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-103

  Rahman, Mukaiia ^a   Longe, Harison ^a   Abass, Oiaide ^a   EIegbede, Safiriyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Managerial decision making; Multi agent systems; Supply chain management; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953572946     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2010.033645     Document Type: Article

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