A systematic approach for solving the wicked problem of software release planning

Soft Computing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-108

  Ngo The, An ^a   Ruhe, Guenther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support; Diversification; Evolutionary problem solving; Fuzzy outranking relation; Release planning; Soft criteria; Uncertainty; Wicked planning problems

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EVOLUTIONARY PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD; FUZZY OUTRANKING RELATION; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION AID METHOD; WICKED PLANNING PROBLEMS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548040975     PISSN: 14327643     EISSN: 14337479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00500-007-0219-2     Document Type: Article

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