A generic ontology development framework for data integration and decision support in a distributed environment

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-170

  Rajpathak, Dnyanesh ^a   Chougule, Rahul ^a  

^a GM Technical Centre India Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

computer integrated manufacturing; data integration and exchange; knowledge management; knowledge sharing and reuse; ontology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS; DATA INTEROPERABILITY; DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; METHODOLOGIES FOR ONTOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING; REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS;

DATA INTEGRATION;

EID: 78751515756     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2010.531291     Document Type: Article

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