Task structuring a brainstorming group activity with an AHP-based group support system

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 2889-2898

  Kunene, K N ^a   Petkov, D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Collaborative software; Humans; Information systems; Mathematics; Problem solving; Productivity; Statistics; Testing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPOSITION; GROUPWARE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE TESTING; STATISTICS; TESTING;

AFRICA; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARES; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NO DECOMPOSITION; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; TASK DECOMPOSITION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 29144511367     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.994271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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