Critical managerial factors affecting defense projects success: A comparison between neural network and regression analysis

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 535-543

  Dvir, Dov ^a   Ben David, Arie ^b   Sadeh, Arik ^b   Shenhar, Aaron J ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense development projects; Managerial success factors; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; MANAGERIAL SUCCESS FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; SOCIAL COHESION;

LINEAR SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MILITARY DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33646950425     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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