Requirements negotiation using multi-criteria preference analysis

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 306-325

  In, Hoh Peter ^a   Olson, David ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Inconsistency management; Multi criteria preference analysis; Requirements negotiation; WinWin

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844474756     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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