Distributed decision making in complex organizations: The adaptive enterprise

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-27

  Ydstie, B Erik ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agents; Business systems; Convexity; Dissipation; Entropy; Finance; Flow control; Information technology; Inventory control; Lean manufacture; Process control; Risk; Separation principles; Stochastic process; Technology management

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DECISION MAKING (BDM); BUSINESS PERFORMANCES; DISTRIBUTED NETWORK THEORY; SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ACTIVITY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DECISION MAKING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 9644272602     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2004.08.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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