Decision support for proposal grouping: A hybrid approach using knowledge rule and genetic algorithm

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 2 PART 1, 2009, Pages 1004-1013

  Fan, Zhi Ping ^a   Chen, Yuan ^a,b   Ma, Jian ^b   Zhu, Yan ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Genetic algorithm; Knowledge rule; Project management

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORTS; GROUP COMPOSITION; HYBRID APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE RULES; REVIEWER ASSIGNMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 56349103775     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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