Knowledge cloud system for network collaboration: A case study in medical service industry in China

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 12205-12212

  Lai, Ivan K W ^a   Tam, Sidney K T ^b   Chan, Michael F S ^a  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Cloud computing; Collaborative networks; Knowledge system

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS NETWORKS; CLOUD SYSTEMS; COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; INTEROPERATIONS; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; MEDICAL SERVICES; NETWORK COLLABORATION; NEW SERVICES;

CLOUD COMPUTING; RESEARCH;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84863107632     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.04.057     Document Type: Article

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