Traceability-based knowledge integration in group decision and negotiation activities

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 968-989

  Mohan, Kannan ^a   Ramesh, Balasubramaniam ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative software development; Decision making; Group decision and negotiation; Knowledge integration; Traceability; Work processes

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GROUP DECISION; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; TRACEABILITY; WORK PROCESSES;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947493703     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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