Integrating fuzzy theory and hierarchy concepts to evaluate software quality

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-276

  Chang, Che Wei ^a   Wu, Cheng Ru ^a   Lin, Hung Lung ^b  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evaluating the software quality; FMADM; Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; Software quality characteristics; Software quality model

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING;

FMADM; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE QUALITY MODELING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 42149193088     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11219-007-9035-2     Document Type: Article

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