Conceptual scheduling model and optimized release scheduling for agile environments

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 574-591

  Szke, Ákos ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Planning metamodel; Release planning

Indexed keywords

AGILE ENVIRONMENT; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; BRANCH-AND-BOUND OPTIMIZATION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DATA SETS; MODEL SIMULATION; ON THE FLIES; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PRODUCT DELIVERY; RELEASE PLANNING; SCHEDULE GENERATION; SCHEDULING MODELS; SEMI-AUTOMATICS; UNDERLOAD;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; OPTIMIZATION;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79953719649     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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