A robust search-based approach to project management in the presence of abandonment, rework, error and uncertainty

Proceedings - International Software Metrics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 172-183

  Antoniol, Giuliano ^a   Di Penta, Massimiliano ^a   Harman, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic Al gorithms; Queuing Simulation; Software Project Management

Indexed keywords

QUEUING SIMULATION; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES (WBS); WORK PACKAGES (WP);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUEUEING NETWORKS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 14844331782     PISSN: 15301435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/METRIC.2004.1357901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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