A study on ally searching in maintenance alliance based on relation web model

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-433

  Xia, Bai Zhan ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Yu, De Jie ^a   Zhou, An Mei ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agent; Ally searching; Maintenance alliance; Relation web model

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; MOBILE AGENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ALLY SEARCHING; DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; MAINTENANCE ALLIANCE; PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY; QUANTIFIED EVALUATIONS; SEARCHING STRATEGY; WEB MODELING;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84863140012     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2011.043484     Document Type: Article

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