Toward a systematic approach for selection of NASA technology portfolios

Systems Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-302

  Weisbin, Charles R ^a   Rodriguez, Guillermo ^a   Elfes, Alberto ^a   Smith, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Missions; Prioritization; Return on investment; Technologies

Indexed keywords

MISSIONS; NASA TECHNOLOGY; RETURN ON INVESTMENT;

ABSTRACTING; RISKS; SPACE RESEARCH;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 24744433915     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.20010     Document Type: Article

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