On Laws of Work Organization in Human Cooperation

International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural Intelligence (IJCINI)

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Wang, Yingxu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive informatics; decision optimization; human cooperative work; interchangeability of labor and time; management science; optimal labor allocation; organization laws; shortest duration determination; software engineering; system science; Wang s laws

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE INFORMATICS; COOPERATIVE WORKS; DECISION OPTIMIZATION; HUMAN COOPERATIVE WORK; INTERCHANGEABILITY OF LABOR AND TIME; LABOR ALLOCATION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPTIMAL LABOR ALLOCATION; OPTIMISATIONS; ORGANIZATION LAW; SHORT DURATION DETERMINATION; SHORT DURATIONS; WANG LAW;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 85001610959     PISSN: 15573958     EISSN: 15573966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jcini.2007040101     Document Type: Article

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