Information system project selection using fuzzy logic

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 849-855

  Chen, Kuanchin ^a   Gorla, Narasimhaiah ^b  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fuzzy logic; Management information systems; Project management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DECISION TOOLS; PROJECT SELECTION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032203079     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.725355     Document Type: Article

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