On domain modelling of the service system with its application to enterprise information systems

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-16

  Wang, J W ^a,b,c   Wang, H F ^d   Ding, J L ^e   Furuta, K ^b   Kanno, T ^b   Ip, W H ^f   Zhang, W J ^a,c  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SYNTHETICAL AUTOMATION FOR PROCESS INDUSTRIES   (China)

^f HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

domain modelling; enterprise information system; function behaviour structure; service system; system decomposition

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

BUSINESS SYSTEMS; DOMAIN MODELLING; ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEM; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; ITS APPLICATIONS; SERVICE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DECOMPOSITION; WORK DOMAINS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84945459170     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2013.810784     Document Type: Article

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