Uncertainty Modelling in Software Development Projects (With Case Study)

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 157-178

  Özdamar, Linet ^a   Alanya, Ebru ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Industrial and Financial Systems   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Resource allocation; Scheduling heuristics; Software development projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035599178     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010906116000     Document Type: Article

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