The identification of irrationally allocated resources in business process based on network centrality analysis

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 748-755

  Li, Li Juan ^a   Gao, Jian Min ^a   Chen, Kun ^a   Jiang, Hong Quan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

business process; eigenvector centrality analysis; resources allocation; resources dependent network

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BUSINESS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS; EIGENVECTOR CENTRALITIES; EVENT LOGS; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; NETWORK CENTRALITIES; OPTIMISATIONS; RESOURCES ALLOCATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79960787852     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2011.592990     Document Type: Article

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