A multicriteria accreditation system for information technology skills and qualifications

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 867-885

  Siskos, Yannis ^a   Grigoroudis, Evangelos ^b   Krassadaki, Evangelia ^b   Matsatsinis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accreditation of qualifications and skills; Education; Multiple criteria analysis; OR in manpower planning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ELECTRE TRI METHODS; GREEK EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS;

ACCREDITATION;

EID: 34247467492     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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