A DEA evaluation of software project efficiency

IEEM 2009 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1723-1727

  Yang, Zijiang ^a   Paradi, J C ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Software project productivity

Indexed keywords

DEA MODELS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; SOFTWARE PRODUCTION; SOFTWARE PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE PROJECT PRODUCTIVITY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 77949519770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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