Dynamic fuzzy OWA model for evaluating the risks of software development

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 791-813

  Cheng, Ching Hsue ^a   Chang, Jing Rong ^a   Ho, Tien Hwa ^b  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGGREGATION OPERATORS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING (MCDM); ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING (OWA); RISK EVALUATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 37849186114     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720600939797     Document Type: Article

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