Efficient project portfolio management. An intelligent decision support system for engineering and consultancy firms;Gestión eficiente de carteras de proyectos. Propuesta de un sistema inteligente de soporte a la decisión para oficinas técnicas y empresas consultoras

Dyna (Spain)

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 761-772

  Araúzo Araúzo, José Alberto ^a   Galán Ordax, José Manuel ^b   Pajares Gutiérrez, Javier ^a   López Paredes, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Escuela Politécnica Superior de Burgos   (Western Sahara)

Author keywords

Auction; Multi agent systems; Multi project environments; Project portfolio management; Project scheduling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951849797     PISSN: 00127361     EISSN: 19891490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6036/2449     Document Type: Article

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