1. G.B. Davis, M.H. Olson, J. Ajenstat, J.L. Peaucelle “Management information systems”, Ed. Mc Graw Hill Inc., 2nd edition, 1985
2. C. Hsu, L. Rattner, “Information modeling for computerized manufacturing”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, vol. 20, n°4, p. 758–776
3. P.P. Chen, The Entity-Relationship Model: toward a unified view of data, ACM/TODS vol.1 n°1, 1976, pp. 9–36
4. T. Laakko, M. Mäntylä, R. Mänty lä, J. Nieminen, R. Sulonen, J. Tuomi, “Feature models for design and manufacturing”, 23rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kailua-Kona, January 1990, Ed. IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 445–454
5. J-F. Couturier, J. Richard, M. Véron, “Control loop architecture and information system of a flexible manufacturing system”, 5th International Conference on the manufacturing science and technology of the future, Enschede, Netherlands, juin 1991