Tool-supported requirements prioritization: Comparing the AHP and CBRank methods

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1021-1032

  Perini, Anna ^a   Ricca, Filippo ^b   Susi, Angelo ^a  

^a ITC IRST   (Italy)

^b LEONARDO S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

AHP; Case based ranking; Controlled experiment; Requirements prioritization

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

AHP; CASE-BASED RANKING; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; EASE OF USE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PRIORITIZATION; REAL PROJECTS; REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SUPPORTING TOOLS; TWO STATE;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS;

EID: 62349094162     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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