Consensus ranking - An ICT security awareness case study

Computers and Security

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 254-259

  Kruger, H A ^a   Kearney, W D ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assignment problem; Consensus ranking; Decision making; Information security awareness; Maximize agreement heuristic

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM; CASE STUDIES; CONSENSUS RANKING; CONSENSUS RANKINGS; HEURISTIC APPROACHES; INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS; INFORMATION SECURITY AWARENESS; MAXIMIZE AGREEMENT HEURISTIC; MINING INDUSTRIES; NEW PRODUCTS; NEW PROJECTS; SECURITY AWARENESSES;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 55949098650     PISSN: 01674048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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